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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Frostman Glacier (USA) | 75° 08' 00.0" S | 137° 57' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 125431
Place ID: 4992
A broad, low gradient glacier discharging into the S side of Hull Bay just W of Kontor Cliffs, on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas O. Frostman, meteorologist at Plateau Station, 1968. |
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