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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| Arctowski Dome (USA) | 62° 08' 00.0" S | 58° 38' 00.0" W | Dome |
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Name ID: 135860
Place ID: 469
Axial, main ice dome of King George Island, between 57°45'W and 58°50'W. Named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, after Henryk Arctowski (1871-1958), American meteorologist of Polish birth (Arctowski Cove, q.v.). |
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| Arctowski Ice Cap (GBR) | 62° 00' 16.2" S | 58° 08' 42.9" W | Dome |
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Name ID: 135188
Place ID: 469
Main, axial ice dome of King George Island. Named after Prof. H. Arctowski (Arctowski Cove, q.v.) (APC, 2003). |
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| Arctowski Icefield (Dome) (POL) | 62° 07' 00.0" S | 58° 17' 00.0" W | Dome |
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Name ID: 116380
Place ID: 469
Axial, main ice dome of King George Island. Named in honour of Professor Henryk Arctowski (see under Arctowski Cove). |
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| Charybdis Glacier (AUS) | 70° 25' 08.8" S | 66° 55' 30.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 469
Place ID: 2558
A large glacier flowing north-east between the Porthos and Aramis Ranges in the Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered by the ANARE southern party led by William G Bewsher in December, 1956, and named after Homer''s Charybdis. |
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