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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| Arriens Glacier (AUS) | 73° 27' 40.0" S | 68° 21' 42.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 570
Place ID: 535
A small glacier in the Mawson Escarpment, between Casey Point and Gibbs Bluff. Plotted from ANARE air photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Named after P Arriens, geochronologist with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1973. |
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| Arriens Glacier (USA) | 73° 27' 48.0" S | 68° 24' 01.0" E | |
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Name ID: 136922
Place ID: 535
A small glacier south of Casey Point in the Mawson Escarpment. It flows west to enter Lambert Glacier. Plotted from ANARE aerial photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Named by the Australian Antarctic Names and Medal Committee after P.Arriens, geochronologist with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1973. |
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| Deception Glacier (AUS) | 78° 31' 00.1" S | 158° 30' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 535
Place ID: 3456
A wide glacier flowing south between the Boomerang Range and Mount Warren into the upper Mulock Glazier. So named by the NZ party of TAE (1956-58) because it appeared to lead directly into the Skelton Névé but instead drained southwards. |
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