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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| Glimpse Glacier (NZL) | 78° 16' 37.2" S | 162° 46' 11.4" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 113401
Place ID: 5389
An alpine glacier composed of two segments, separated by an icefall, which flow northeastward from névé in the area north of Auster Pass, northwest of Mount Kempe. The Glimpse Glacier joins the Pipecleaner Glacier about 4km south of the confluence of the latter with the Radian Glacier. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MH09 |
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| Glimpse Glacier (USA) | 78° 16' 00.0" S | 162° 46' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 125733
Place ID: 5389
An alpine glacier composed of two segments, separated by an icefall, which flow NE from neve in the area between Mount Kempe and Mount Huggins. It joins the Pipecleaner Glacier 2 mi S of the confluence of the latter with the Radian Glacier. So named by the VUWAE, 1960-61, because it was up this glacier that the geologists traversed to the Koettlitz-Skelton divide at the ridge crest in order to gain their only glimpse of the polar plateau in January 1961. |
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