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
Atkinson Glacier (NZL) 71° 30' 00.0" S 167° 25' 00.0" E Glacier
Name ID: 112693 Place ID: 610

A glacier between Findlay Range and Lyttelton Range, Admiralty Mountains, flowing northward into Dennistoun Glacier and northwest into Fowlie Glacier. Named by the NZ-APC in 1983 after William Atkinson, field assistant, New Zealand Antarctic Division, mechanic with the NZARP geological party to the area, 1981-82, led by R.H. Findlay.

Atkinson Glacier (USA) 71° 30' 00.0" S 167° 25' 00.0" E Glacier
Name ID: 121994 Place ID: 610

A glacier between Findlay Range and Lyttelton Range, Admiralty Mountains, flowing northward into Dennistoun Glacier. Named by the NZ-APC in 1983 after William Atkinson, field assistant, New Zealand Antarctic Division, mechanic with the NZARP geological party to the area, 1981-82, led by R.H. Findlay.

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