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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| Dale Glacier (NZL) | 78° 17' 00.0" S | 162° 02' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 113097
Place ID: 3262
A trench-like glacier with its head 2 miles south-west of Mt Huggins in the Royal Society Range. First visited by Brooke and Gunn of the NZTAE, 1956-58, it was named by ACAN for Lieut-Cdr Robert L Dale, USN. |
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| Dale Glacier (RUS) | 78° 17' 00.0" S | 162° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 117594 Place ID: 3262 | |||
| Dale Glacier (USA) | 78° 17' 00.0" S | 162° 02' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 124050
Place ID: 3262
A trenchlike glacier which drains the SW slopes of Mount Huggins in the Royal Society Range and flows W into Skelton Glacier. First visited by Brooke and Gunn of the N.Z. party of the CTAE, 1956-58. Named by US-ACAN in 1963 for Lt. Cdr. Robert L. Dale, USN, officer in charge of the Squadron VX-6 wintering-over detachment at McMurdo Station in 1960. |
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