Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Forster Ice Piedmont (GBR) | 69° 22' 00.0" S | 66° 57' 00.0" W | Piedmont |
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Name ID: 108877
Place ID: 4836
SE of Wordie Ice Shelf, Fallières Coast, was surveyed by BGLE in 1936-37 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232) and resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1958; named after Peter Derek Forster (1935-1996), FIDS surveyor, "Stonington Island", 1958-59, and "Horseshoe Island", 1960-61 (APC, 1962, p.13; DOS 610 sheet W 69 66, 1963). |
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| Forster Ice Piedmont (USA) | 69° 22' 00.0" S | 67° 00' 00.0" W | Piedmont |
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Name ID: 125294
Place ID: 4836
An ice piedmont lying landward of Wordie Ice Shelf along the W coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is formed by the confluence of Airy, Seller, Fleming and Prospect Glaciers and is about 25 mi long from north to south and 12 mi wide. First surveyed from the ground by BGLE in 1936-37, and again in more detail by P. Forster and P. Gibbs of FIDS in 1958. Named by UK-APC after Peter D. Forster of FIDS, surveyor at Stonington Island in 1958 and at Horseshoe Island in 1960. |
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