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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| Adams Glacier (AUS) | 66° 47' 55.0" S | 109° 40' 17.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 574
Place ID: 54
A glacier about 19 km wide flowing north-west into the eastern side of the head of Vincennes Bay off the Budd Coast, Wilkes Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after John Quincey Adams, sixth President of the United States of America. |
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| Astakhov Glacier (NZL) | 70° 47' 14.9" S | 163° 15' 01.9" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 139840
Place ID: 574
The glacier between Chungnov Glacier and Crawford Glacier, in the Explorers Range, Bowers Mountains. It flows northeast from Mount Hager and enters Ob Bay west of Platypus Ridge. |
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| Astakhov Glacier (USA) | 70° 45' 00.0" S | 163° 21' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 121967
Place ID: 574
The glacier next S of Chugunov Glacier in the Explorers Range, Bowers Mountains. It flows NE from Mount Hager and enters Ob' Bay just W of Platypus Ridge. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-65. Named by US-ACAN for Petr Astakhov, Soviet exchange scientist at the U.S. South Pole Station in 1967. |
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