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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HipĆ³crates, glaciar (ARG) | 64° 22' 00.0" S | 62° 21' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 101154 Place ID: 6406 | |||
Hippocrates Glacier (GBR) | 64° 22' 00.0" S | 62° 21' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 109324
Place ID: 6406
flowing SE into Buls Bay, Brabant Island, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of medicine grouped in this area, named after Hippocrates (c. 460-377BC), Greek physician and author of works on medicine, who also established a professional code of medical conduct (APC, 1960, p.5; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). |
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Hippocrates Glacier (USA) | 64° 22' 00.0" S | 62° 22' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 126546
Place ID: 6406
Glacier at least 3 mi long and 2 mi wide, flowing SE into Buls Bay on the E side of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart in 1953, but not named. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the UK-APC for Hippocrates (460-ca. 355 B.C.), Greek physician and author of numerous works on medicine, who also established a professional code of medical conduct. |
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