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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| Atka Glacier (NZL) | 76° 41' 00.0" S | 161° 33' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 112691
Place ID: 607
The glacier immediately east of Flagship Mountain, flowing for approximately 12km north to meet Northwind Glacier and drain into Fry Glacier in Victoria Land. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MC08 |
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| Atka Glacier (USA) | 76° 41' 00.0" S | 161° 33' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 121991
Place ID: 607
The glacier immediately E of Flagship Mountain, draining N into Fry Glacier in Victoria Land. Discovered and named in 1957 by the N.Z. Northern Survey Party of the CTAE, 1956-58. Named after the USS Atka, an American icebreaker in the convoy to McMurdo Sound in the 1956-57 season. |
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| Overturn Glacier (AUS) | 79° 53' 04.8" S | 157° 14' 29.7" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 607
Place ID: 10778
A short tributary glacier of the Hatherton Glacier immediately east of Dark Tower in the Eastern AAT. The glacier is steep without crevasses. |
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