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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| Green Glacier (GBR) | 64° 58' 00.0" S | 61° 50' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 109101
Place ID: 5641
flowing NE and E into the W side of Hektoria Glacier, Oscar II Coast, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in September 1955 and named after John Robert Green (1921-88), FIDS Base Leader, "Deception Island", 1949-50, and "Argentine Islands", 1950-51; Assistant Secretary, FIDS, 1951-58, and Secretary and Operations Officer, FIDS/BAS, 1958-67 (APC, 1958, p.5; BA chart 3570, 29.ix.1961; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). The glacier was photographed from the air by USN, 1968-69. |
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| Green Glacier (USA) | 64° 58' 00.0" S | 61° 52' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 125911
Place ID: 5641
A glacier on the E side of Graham Land, 15 mi long and 4 mi wide, flowing from the plateau NE and then E into the W side of Hektoria Glacier. Surveyed by FIDS in 1955. Named by UK-APC for John R. Green, FIDS leader at Deception Island in 1950 and at Argentine Islands in 1951. |
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