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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| Earnshaw Glacier (GBR) | 68° 49' 00.0" S | 65° 17' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 108611
Place ID: 4022
flowing NE into Mobiloil Inlet, E of Norwood Scarp, was photographed from the air by USAS in 1940 and by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1947; surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1961; in association with the names of pioneers f navigation grouped in this area, named after Thomas Earnshaw (1749-1829), English watch-maker and father of the modern marine chronometer (APC, 1962, p.11; DOS 610 sheet W 68 64, 1963). |
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| Earnshaw Glacier (USA) | 68° 45' 00.0" S | 65° 11' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 124638
Place ID: 4022
A glacier 10 mi long, flowing northward to the east of Norwood Scarp and entering Maitland Glacier to the south of Werner Peak, in eastern Antarctic Peninsula. Photographed from the air by the USAS on Sept. 28, 1940. Surveyed by the FIDS in Jan. 1961. Named by UK-APC after Thomas Earnshaw (1749-1829), English watchmaker who made innovations leading to the modern marine chronometer. |
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