Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Astrolabe Glacier (USA) | 66° 45' 00.0" S | 139° 55' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 121978
Place ID: 587
Glacier 4 mi wide and 10 mi long, flowing NNE from the continental ice and terminating at the coast in a prominent tongue at the E side of Geologie Archipelago. Probably first sighted in 1840 by the French expedition under Capt. Jules Dumont d'Urville, although no glaciers were noted on d'Urville's chart of this coast. Photographed from the air by USN Operation HighJump in January 1947. It was charted by the FrAE, 1949-51, and named after d'Urville's flagship, the Astrolabe. |
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| Astrolabe, Glacée de l' (RUS) | 66° 44' 00.0" S | 140° 00' 00.0" E | |
| Name ID: 116884 Place ID: 587 | |||
| Astrolabe, Glacier de l' (FRA) | 66° 43' 00.0" S | 140° 01' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 107222
Place ID: 587
Glacier, appelé auparavant Langue glaciaire de l'Astrolabe, situé à l'est de l'archipel de Pointe-Géologie. D'après le nom de la corvette L'Astrolabe commandée par le capitaine de vaisseau J. Dumont d'Urville lors de la découverte de la terre Adélie. |
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| McKinnon Glacier (AUS) | 70° 38' 00.0" S | 67° 45' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 587
Place ID: 9308
A glacier flowing south-eastwards from the Nemesis Glacier to Beaver Lake in the eastern part of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. The area was first visited by an ANARE party in 1956 and mapped from ANARE air photographs. |
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