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
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.

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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