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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| Astronaut Glacier (NZL) | 73° 05' 00.0" S | 164° 05' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 112689
Place ID: 592
A broad SW flowing tributary to upper Aviator Glacier, joining the latter just W of Parasite Cone in Victoria Land. Named by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1962-63, in association with nearby Aeronaut Glacier. |
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| Astronaut Glacier (USA) | 73° 05' 00.0" S | 164° 05' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 121983
Place ID: 592
A broad SW flowing tributary to upper Aviator Glacier, joining the latter just W of Parasite Cone in Victoria Land. Named by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1962-63, in association with nearby Aeronaut Glacier. |
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| May Glacier (AUS) | 66° 10' 59.9" S | 130° 40' 00.1" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 592
Place ID: 9189
A glacier about 7 km west of Cape Carr on the Wilkes Coast. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and named by USACAN after William May, passed midshipman on the tender Flying Fish, one of the ships of the US Exploring Expedition (1938-42) under Lieut. (later Rear Adm.) C. Wilkes. |
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