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
Davidson Glacier (USA) 82° 49' 00.0" S 166° 07' 00.0" E Glacier
Name ID: 124133 Place ID: 3366

A glacier in the Holland Range, flowing N along the E side of Longstaff Peaks into the Ross Ice Shelf. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys (1961-62) and Navy air photos (1960). Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. E.A. Davidson, USN, Commanding Officer of the USS Edisto during USN OpDFrz 1963.

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