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
Aronson Corner (GBR) 80° 29' 00.0" S 20° 56' 00.0" W Corner
Name ID: 107571 Place ID: 534

rising to 1260m at E end of Pioneers Escarpment, Shackleton Range, Coats Land, was photographed from the air by USN in 1967 and surveyed on the ground by BAS from Halley, 1968-71; in association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel grouped in the area, named after Louis V. Aronson (1870-1940), American founder of the Ronson Corporation, who in about 1910 developed the first practical petrol lighter (using serrocerium), known originally as the "trench match" and in 1927 modified to become the "one-motion" lighter (APC, 1974, p.3; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978).

Aronson Corner (USA) 80° 29' 00.0" S 20° 56' 00.0" W Corner
Name ID: 121935 Place ID: 534

The cliffed extremity of a snow-capped ridge between Mummery Cliff and Chevreul Cliffs in Pioneers Escarpment (q.v.), Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967. Surveyed by BAS, 1968-71. In association with the names of pioneers of polar life and travel, named by the UK-APC after Louis V. Aronson (1870-1940), American founder of the Ronson Corporation, who in about 1910 developed the first practical petrol lighter, known originally as the "trench match."

Exodus Glacier (AUS) 79° 49' 00.1" S 156° 22' 00.1" E Glacier
Name ID: 534 Place ID: 4407

A steep, smooth glacier which flows into the south-west corner of Island Arena in the Darwin Glacier Region. Discovered by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1962-63). Named from Exodus Valley.

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