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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| Grubb Glacier (GBR) | 64° 57' 00.0" S | 62° 41' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 109127
Place ID: 5732
flowing NE into Lester Cove, Andvord Bay, Danco Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of photography grouped in this area, named after Thomas Grubb (1800-78), Irish optician who designed and introduced the first aplanatic camera lens in 1857 (APC, 1960, p.4; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961). |
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| Grubb Glacier (USA) | 64° 56' 00.0" S | 62° 38' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 125989
Place ID: 5732
Glacier flowing into Lester Cove, Andvord Bay, to the W of Bagshawe Glacier, on the W coast of Graham Land. The glacier appears on an Argentine government chart of 1952. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Thomas Grubb (1800-78), Irish optician who designed and introduced the first aplanatic camera lens, in 1857. |
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| Grubb, glaciar (ARG) | 64° 56' 00.0" S | 62° 38' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 101068 Place ID: 5732 | |||
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