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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David Glacier (AUS) | 75° 20' 00.0" S | 160° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
Name ID: 526
Place ID: 3362
A glacier mainly in the Ross Dependency, about 13 km in width and of undetermined length. It has many icefalls, seracs and crevasses and flows east into the southern part of the Drygalski Ice Tongue in Victoria Land. The glacier was discovered by the South Magnetic Polar Party of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09, in November 1908, and named after the leader of that party, Professor T W Edgeworth (later Sir Edgeworth) David, of Sydney University. |
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David Glacier (NZL) | 75° 19' 00.0" S | 162° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
Name ID: 113111
Place ID: 3362
A glacier about 8 miles in width between Mts Bellingshausen and Bowen, and of undetermined length, with many icefalls, seracs, and crevasses, flowing east into the southern part of the Drygalski Ice Tongue, in Victoria Land. Discovered by the South Magnetic Polar Party of the BAE, 1907-09, in November 1908. Named for the leader of that party, Professor T W Edgeworth (later Sir Edgeworth) David, of Sydney University. |
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David Glacier (RUS) | 75° 25' 00.0" S | 161° 45' 00.0" E | Glacier |
Name ID: 117624 Place ID: 3362 | |||
David Glacier (USA) | 75° 19' 00.0" S | 162° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
Name ID: 124129
Place ID: 3362
A glacier over 60 mi long, flowing E from the polar plateau through the Prince Albert Mountains to the coast of Victoria Land. It enters Ross Sea between Cape Philippi and Cape Reynolds to form the floating Drygalski Ice Tongue. Discovered by Ernest Shackleton's "Northern Party," November 1908, under the leadership of Prof. T.W. Edgeworth David, of Sydney University, for whom the feature was named. |
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