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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Dalton Glacier (NZL) | 77° 34' 55.8" S | 152° 29' 20.6" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 140071
Place ID: 3288
A broad glacier on the east side of the Alexandra Mountains on King Edward VII Land, flowing northward into Butler Glacier at the south of Sulzberger Bay. |
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Dalton Glacier (RUS) | 77° 33' 00.0" S | 152° 25' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 117601 Place ID: 3288 | |||
Dalton Glacier (USA) | 77° 33' 00.0" S | 152° 25' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 124067
Place ID: 3288
A broad glacier on the E side of the Alexandra Mountains on Edward VII Peninsula, flowing northward into Butler Glacier just S of Sulzberger Bay. Mapped from surveys by the USGS and U.S. Navy air photos (1959-65). Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Brian C. Dalton, MC, USN, officer in charge at Byrd Station, 1957. |
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