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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| Hermes Glacier (GBR) | 68° 59' 00.0" S | 65° 12' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 109285
Place ID: 6294
flowing W into Weyerhaeuser Glacier, N central Palmer Land, was surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in January 1960; because the glacier provided a route out of the mountains to the NE, named after Hermes, son of Zeus, messenger of the gods and god of roads in Greek mythology (APC, 1962, p.16; DOS 610 sheet W 68 64, 1963; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). This name initiated the idea of naming other features in the area after Greek gods. |
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| Hermes Glacier (USA) | 68° 59' 00.0" S | 65° 15' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 126465
Place ID: 6294
A glacier 8 mi long, flowing W into Weyerhaeuser Glacier in northern Graham Land. Surveyed in Jan. 1960 by FIDS who discovered the glacier after several fruitless attempts to find a route out of the mountains east of Earnshaw Glacier. It provided an ideal "road" back to known country and was therefore named after Hermes, the god of roads in Greek mythology. This name by UK-APC initiated the idea of naming other features in this area after Greek gods. |
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