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
Gardiner Glacier (USA) 86° 01' 00.0" S 131° 48' 00.0" W Glacier
Name ID: 125532 Place ID: 5121

A glacier at the S side of Quartz Hills, flowing E from Watson Escarpment into Reedy Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Richard D. Gardiner, construction electrician at Byrd Station in 1962.

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