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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Gilchrist Glacier (USA) | 66° 07' 00.0" S | 114° 06' 00.0" E | Glacier |
Name ID: 125679
Place ID: 5319
A short channel glacier flowing to Budd Coast 9 mi NW of Fox Glacier. Delineated by G.D. Blodgett (1955) from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by US-ACAN after Dr. Edward Gilchrist, Acting Surgeon on the sloop Wilkes. |
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