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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| Gillett Ice Shelf (AUS) | 69° 33' 00.0" S | 159° 39' 00.0" E | Ice shelf |
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Name ID: 727
Place ID: 5323
An ice shelf on the coast of Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after Cmdr. C.R. Gillett, USCG, who served on the icebreaker Burton Island from December 1966 until June 1968, and as Ships Operations Officer on the staff of the Naval Support Force, Antarctica, from June 1968 until May 1970. |
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| Gillett Ice Shelf (NZL) | 69° 35' 00.0" S | 159° 42' 00.0" E | Ice shelf |
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Name ID: 139944
Place ID: 5323
A narrow ice shelf on an indentation of the coast off of Wilson Hills between the peninsula containing Holladay Nunataks and Anderson Peninsula. |
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| Gillett Ice Shelf (USA) | 69° 35' 00.0" S | 159° 42' 00.0" E | Ice shelf |
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Name ID: 125683
Place ID: 5323
A narrow ice shelf occupying an indentation of the coast off the Wilson Hills between the peninsula containing the Holladay Nunataks and the Anderson Peninsula. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Capt. Clarence R. Gillett, USCG, who served on the USCGC operations, Dec. 1966 to May 1970. |
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