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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| Flagstaff Glacier (GBR) | 62° 04' 44.2" S | 58° 24' 17.4" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 108826
Place ID: 4671
flowing E on Keller Peninsula, Admiralty Bay, King George Island, following glaciological studies by FIDS in the IGY was so named in association with Flagstaff Hill (q.v.) (Royal Society, 1958, p.19; APC, 1960, p.4). |
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| Flagstaff Glacier (USA) | 62° 05' 00.0" S | 58° 26' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 125156
Place ID: 4671
Very small glacier lying immediately N of Flagstaff Hill on Keller Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name arose locally in about 1958 and derives from association with Flagstaff Hill. |
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