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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| Descent Pass (NZL) | 77° 52' 00.0" S | 163° 05' 00.0" E | Pass |
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Name ID: 113141
Place ID: 3563
A pass between Blue and Ferra Glaciers, where Armitage and his party made an adventurous descent to the Ferrar Galcier on 16 Decemver 1902. It is very steep, about 1/2 mile wide and 3 miles in length. Named by the party led by Armitage of the NAE, 1901-04. |
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| Descent Pass (USA) | 77° 52' 00.0" S | 163° 05' 00.0" E | Pass |
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Name ID: 124293
Place ID: 3563
A pass leading from Blue Glacier to Ferrar Glacier, in Victoria Land. So named by the party led by Armitage of the BrNAE (1901-04) because of the adventurous descent to Ferrar Glacier made here via Descent Glacier in 1902. |
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