Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Gressitt Glacier (NZL) | 71° 30' 00.0" S | 161° 15' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 113437
Place ID: 5676
Glacier flowing north east between Daniels Range and Emlen Peaks and entering Rennick Glacier. Named by the USACAN for J Linsley Gressitt, biologist programme director who made biological studies in the Ross Sea area in four summer seasons 1959-60 and 1961-64. |
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| Gressitt Glacier (RUS) | 71° 30' 00.0" S | 161° 25' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 118288 Place ID: 5676 | |||
| Gressitt Glacier (USA) | 71° 30' 00.0" S | 161° 15' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 125944
Place ID: 5676
A broad glacier, about 45 mi long, draining the area between Daniels Range and Emlen Peaks in the Usarp Mountains and flowing NE to enter the Rennick Glacier just N of Morozumi Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for biologist J. Linsley Gressitt, Program Director who made biological studies, particularly in the Ross Sea area, in six austral summers, 1959-60 to 1965-66. |
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