Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Herbert Plateau (GBR) | 64° 32' 00.0" S | 61° 13' 00.0" W | Plateau |
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Name ID: 109280
Place ID: 6279
S of Hughes Bay and E of Charlotte Bay, Danco Coast, running NE-SW between The Catwalk and The Waist, and rising to c. 1950m, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in November 1957; named after Walter William ("Wally") Herbert (b. 1934), FIDS assistant surveyor, "Hope Bay", 1956-58, who with L. Rice (Rice Bastion, q.v.) and others made the first survey sledge journey from Hope Bay to Reclus Peninsula via Detroit Plateau, this plateau and Foster Plateau; surveyor, NZ Antarctic Expedition, 1960-62; Leader, British Trans-Arctic Expedition, 1968-69, which made the first surface crossing of the Arctic Ocean from Point Barrow to Vesle Tavleøya, Svalbard (APC, 1960, p.4; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/3, 1-DOS 1974). The plateau was photographed from the air by USN, 1968-69. |
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| Herbert Plateau (USA) | 64° 32' 00.0" S | 61° 15' 00.0" W | Plateau |
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Name ID: 126451
Place ID: 6279
A portion of the central plateau of Graham Land, lying between Bleriot and Drygalski Glaciers. Photographed by the FIDASE in 1956-57 and mapped from these photos by the FIDS. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Walter W. Herbert, FIDS asst. surveyor at the Hope Bay station in 1956 and 1957. |
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