Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Amundsen Glacier (NZL) | 85° 35' 00.0" S | 159° 00' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 112650
Place ID: 318
A major glacier, about 4 to 6 mi wide and 80 mi long, originating on the polar plateau where it drains the area to the S and W of Nilsen Plateau, and descending through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf just W of MacDonald Nunataks. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the South Pole flight in November 1929. The name was proposed for Roald Amundsen by Laurence Gould, leader of the ByrdAE geological party which sledged past the mouth of the glacier in December 1929. |
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| Amundsen Glacier (RUS) | 85° 45' 00.0" S | 159° 00' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 116810 Place ID: 318 | |||
| Amundsen Glacier (USA) | 85° 35' 00.0" S | 159° 00' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 121769
Place ID: 318
A major glacier, about 4 to 6 mi wide and 80 mi long, originating on the polar plateau where it drains the area to the S and W of Nilsen Plateau, and descending through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf just W of MacDonald Nunataks. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the South Pole flight in November 1929. The name was proposed for Roald Amundsen by Laurence Gould, leader of the ByrdAE geological party which sledged past the mouth of the glacier in December 1929. |
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| Cape Moyes (AUS) | 66° 35' 00.0" S | 96° 25' 00.1" E | Cape |
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Name ID: 318
Place ID: 9930
An ice-covered point on the coast of Queen Mary Land, about 33 km west of Cape Dovers. Discovered by the Western Base party of the AAE (1911-14). Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after M.H. Moyes, a member of the expedition. |
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