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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Apollo Glacier (GBR) | 68° 51' 00.0" S | 64° 46' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 107542
Place ID: 444
, flowing NE into Bowman Inlet, Bowman Coast, was photographed from the air by RARE, 22 December 1947; roughly surveyed from the ground by FIDS in November 1960; named after the god Apollo, in association with other names in this area taken from Greek mythology (APC, 1962, p.4; DOS 610 sheet W 68 64, 1963). Glaciar Apolo [sic] (Argentina. AA, 1991 p.3) |
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Apollo Glacier (USA) | 68° 50' 00.0" S | 64° 45' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 121868
Place ID: 444
A glacier, 9 mi long, flowing NE and joining the lower part of Aphrodite Glacier 2 mi from the E coast of Antarctic Peninsula. The lower part of this glacier was first plotted by W.L.G. Joerg from aerial photographs taken by Sir Hubert Wilkins in Dec. 1928 and Lincoln Ellsworth in Nov. 1935. The glacier was subsequently photographed by RARE in Dec. 1947 (Trimetrogon air photography) and roughly surveyed by FIDS in Nov. 1960. Named by UK-APC after Apollo, the god of manly youth and beauty in Greek mythology. |
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Apolo, glaciar (ARG) | 68° 51' 00.0" S | 64° 46' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 100106
Place ID: 444
Fluye dentro de la ensenada Mobiloil, en costa oriental de península Antártica. Fotografiado desde el aire por la RARE al mando de Ronne, durante 1947. Posteriormente relevada desde el terreno por Forster del FIDS en 1960. Fue llamado así por Apolo, dios de la mitología griega. SHN carta H-7. |
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Hawkins Glacier (AUS) | 66° 32' 17.6" S | 107° 28' 42.1" E | Glacier |
Name ID: 444
Place ID: 6127
A glacier on the Knox Coast of Wilkes Land about 19 km WNW of Underwood Glacier. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and named by USACAN after S.N. Hawkins, sailmaker on the sloop Vincennes of the United States Exploring Expedition (1938-42) under Wilkes. |
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