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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| Denman Glacier (AUS) | 66° 45' 00.0" S | 99° 25' 00.1" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 537
Place ID: 3526
A glacier 13-19 km wide, flowing northward for about 130 km into the Shackleton Ice Shelf to the east of David Island, in Queen Mary Land. Discovered by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14) Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Lord Denman, Governor-General of Australia in 1911, a patron of the expedition. |
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| Denman Glacier (RUS) | 66° 20' 00.0" S | 99° 30' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 117674 Place ID: 3526 | |||
| Denman Glacier (USA) | 66° 45' 00.0" S | 99° 30' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 124266
Place ID: 3526
Glacier 7 to 10 mi wide, descending N some 70 mi, and debouching into Shackleton Ice Shelf E of David Island. Discovered in November 1912 by the AAE under Mawson, who named it for Lord Denman, Governor-General of Australia in 1911, a patron of the expedition. |
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