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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| Gregory Glacier (GBR) | 64° 08' 00.0" S | 60° 46' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 109109
Place ID: 5668
flowing W into Cierva Cove, Danco Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Portal Point", 1957-59; in association with the names of pioneers of aviation grouped in this area, named after Col. H. Franklin Gregory, USAF (b.c.1910), American pioneer in the development and use of helicopters from 1936; author of The helicopter (London, 1948) (APC, 1960, p.4; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961). |
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| Gregory Glacier (USA) | 64° 08' 00.0" S | 60° 48' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 125936
Place ID: 5668
Glacier flowing into Cierva Cove N of Breguet Glacier, on the W coast of Graham Land. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for H. Franklin Gregory, American pioneer in the development and use of helicopters. |
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| Gregory, glaciar (ARG) | 64° 10' 00.0" S | 60° 50' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 101060 Place ID: 5668 | |||
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