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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| Fitzgerald Glacier (NZL) | 73° 33' 00.0" S | 166° 15' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 113295
Place ID: 4648
A large valley glacier draining to the Lady Newnes Ice Shelf from the ice cascades on the southern and western slopes of Mt Murchison. At its mouth it joins the Ice-Breaker Glacier about a mile before its debouchure on the Ice Shelf. Explored by the NZ GSAE, 1958-59, and named by the NZ Antarctic Place Names Committee for E B Fitzgerald, Deputy-Leader of the expedition. |
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| Fitzgerald Glacier (USA) | 73° 33' 00.0" S | 166° 15' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 125137
Place ID: 4648
A prominent valley glacier draining to Lady Newnes Bay from the ice cascades on the S and W slopes of Mount Murchison, in Victoria Land. At the mouth it coalesces with the Icebreaker Glacier before debouching on Lady Newnes Bay. Explored by NZGSAE, 1958-59, and named by NZ-APC for E.B. Fitzgerald, deputy leader of the expedition. |
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