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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| Giaever Glacier (USA) | 72° 37' 00.0" S | 31° 08' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 125651
Place ID: 5290
Glacier flowing NW between Mount Kerckhove de Denterghem and Mount Lahaye in the Belgica Mountains. Discovered by the BelgAE, 1957-58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it for Norwegian explorer John S.Giaever (1901-70), counselor for the expedition; leader of NBSAE, 1949-52. |
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| Giaever, Glacier (BEL) | 72° 37' 00.0" S | 31° 09' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 104938
Place ID: 5290
Partie de la Chaîne des Monts Belgica baptisée en l'honneur de l'explorateur norvégien John Giaever, conseiller de l'expédition belge 1957-1958. |
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