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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| Dibble Glacier (AUS) | 66° 17' 00.0" S | 134° 30' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 527
Place ID: 3619
A glacier just east of Davis Bay, Wilkes Coast, Wilkes Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after Jonas Dibble, ship's carpenter on the sloop Peacock of the US Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Lieut. (later Rear Adm.) C Wilkes. |
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| Dibble Glacier (RUS) | 66° 05' 00.0" S | 134° 45' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 117699 Place ID: 3619 | |||
| Dibble Glacier (USA) | 66° 17' 00.0" S | 134° 36' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 124338
Place ID: 3619
A prominent channel glacier flowing from the continental ice and terminating in a prominent tongue at the E side of Davis Bay. Delineated from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), and named by the US-ACAN for Jonas Dibble, ship's carpenter on the sloop Peacock of the USEE (1838-42) under Wilkes. Dibble is credited with leaving his sick bed and working 24 hours without relief with other carpenters to repair a broken rudder on the Peacock, when the ship was partially crushed in an ice bay in 15119E and forced to retire northward. |
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