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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| Darwin Glacier (AUS) | 79° 53' 00.0" S | 159° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 525
Place ID: 3343
A glacier flowing eastwards into the Ross Ice Shelf from the Darwin Mountains. This area was first explored by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Scott. Named from the Darwin Mountains. |
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| Darwin Glacier (NZL) | 79° 53' 00.0" S | 159° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 113107
Place ID: 3343
A large glacier, 80 miles in lenth which flows from the Darwin Névé on the Polar Plateau in Australian territory. It is 14 miles across at its widest part, narrowing to just over 3 miles and widening again to 10 miles at its mouth. Only the mouth is in New Zealand territory. It lies between the Carlyon Glacier on the north and the Byrd Glacier on the South. Named by the NZ party of the TAE, 1956-58. |
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| Darwin Glacier (RUS) | 79° 45' 00.0" S | 157° 30' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 117616 Place ID: 3343 | |||
| Darwin Glacier (USA) | 79° 53' 00.0" S | 159° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 124112
Place ID: 3343
A large glacier flowing from the polar plateau eastward between the Darwin and Cook Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf. The lower part of the glacier was mapped by the BrNAE (1901-04), and the whole area traversed by N.Z. parties of the CTAE (1956-58). Named in association with the Darwin Mountains. |
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