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
Erebus Glacier (NZL) 77° 40' 20.1" S 167° 04' 51.6" E Glacier
Name ID: 139501 Place ID: 4302

A glacier draining the lower south slopes of Mount Erebus, Ross Island, and flowing west to Erebus Bay where it forms the floating Erebus Glacier Tongue. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF14

Erebus Glacier (USA) 77° 41' 00.0" S 167° 00' 00.0" E Glacier
Name ID: 124863 Place ID: 4302

A glacier draining the lower S slopes of Mount Erebus, Ross Island, and flowing W to Erebus Bay where it forms the floating Erebus Glacier Tongue. Named in association with Mount Erebus by the BrNAE, 1901-04, under Scott.

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