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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Farbo Glacier (USA) | 75° 50' 00.0" S | 141° 45' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 124992
Place ID: 4463
A tributary glacier which drains northeastward and enters the Land Glacier 8 mi west of Mount McCoy, on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Richard R. Farbo, equipment operator, USN, who wintered-over in Antarctica on three expeditions of Operation Deep Freeze. He was at McMurdo Station in 1959 and 1965, and the South Pole Station in 1969. |
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