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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| Ekström Ice Shelf (USA) | 71° 00' 00.0" S | 8° 00' 00.0" W | Ice shelf |
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Name ID: 124739
Place ID: 4145
The ice shelf lying between Sorasen Ridge and Halvfarryggen Ridge, on the coast of Queen Maud Land. First mapped by NBSAE, 1949-52. Named for Bertil Ekstrom, Swedish mechanical engineer with NBSAE, who drowned when the weasel (track-driven vehicle) he was driving plunged over the edge of Quar Ice Shelf, Feb. 24, 1951. |
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| Ekströmisen (NOR) | 71° 00' 00.0" S | 8° 00' 00.0" W | Ice shelf |
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Name ID: 115052
Place ID: 4145
Ice shelf between Halvfarryggen and Søråsen on Kronprinsesse Märtha Kyst. After Bertil Ekström, d. 1951, Swedish mechanical engineer with NBSAE, 1949-52. Ekström drowned when the weasel (track-driven vehicle) he was driving plunged over the edge of Quar Ice Shelf in 1951. |
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| Ekströmisen (RUS) | 71° 00' 00.0" S | 8° 30' 00.0" W | Ice shelf |
| Name ID: 117863 Place ID: 4145 | |||
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