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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| Denton Glacier (NZL) | 77° 28' 45.6" S | 162° 37' 39.2" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 113135
Place ID: 3531
A hanging glacier on the south wall of the Wright Valley to the northeast of Goodspeed Glacier, flowing for approximately 4.5km northwest from Mount Newall. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME09 |
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| Denton Glacier (USA) | 77° 29' 00.0" S | 162° 36' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 124271
Place ID: 3531
A small hanging glacier which drains the NW slopes of Mount Newall and terminates on the S wall of Wright Valley, Victoria Land. Named by U.S. geologist Robert Nichols for George Denton, geological assistant to Nichols at nearby Marble Point in the 1958-59 field season. |
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