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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| Apfel Glacier (AUS) | 66° 21' 29.0" S | 100° 43' 15.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 572
Place ID: 441
A glacier just south of Bunger Hills, Knox Coast, Wilkes Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956. |
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| Apfel Glacier (RUS) | 66° 22' 00.0" S | 100° 43' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 116845 Place ID: 441 | |||
| Apfel Glacier (USA) | 66° 25' 00.0" S | 100° 35' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 121865
Place ID: 441
Glacier about 5 mi wide and 20 mi long, flowing WNW along the S flank of Bunger Hills and terminating in Edisto Ice Tongue. Mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for Earl T. Apfel, professor of geology at Syracuse University, who served as geologist with the USN Operation Windmill parties, 1947-48, which established astronomical control stations along Queen Mary, Knox and Budd Coasts. |
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| Laizure Glacier (AUS) | 69° 14' 14.3" S | 158° 08' 53.6" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 441
Place ID: 8028
A glacier on the coast of Oates Land, just west of Drake Head. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after Lieut. D.H. Laizure, USN, navigator in US Navy aircraft during US Operation Deepfreeze 68. |
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