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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Hobbs Glacier (NZL) | 77° 54' 00.0" S | 164° 24' 00.0" E | Glacier |
Name ID: 113546
Place ID: 6435
A glacier about 1 1/2 to 2 miles wide and about 15 miles long, flowing into McMurdo Sound in a low gradient about 7 miles south of the Blue Glacier in Victoria Land. Discovered by the NAE, 1901-04. Members of the BAE, 1910-13, explored the area more thoroughly and named this glacier for Professor William H Hobbs, of the University of Michigan, an authority of glaciology. |
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Hobbs Glacier (RUS) | 77° 53' 00.0" S | 164° 20' 00.0" E | Glacier |
Name ID: 118467 Place ID: 6435 | |||
Hobbs Glacier (USA) | 77° 54' 00.0" S | 164° 24' 00.0" E | Glacier |
Name ID: 126563
Place ID: 6435
Eastward flowing glacier, about 7 mi long, lying 2 mi S of Blue Glacier on the coast of Victoria Land. First explored by the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE) (1901-04) under Scott. Scott's second expedition, the British Antarctic Expedition (BrAE) (1910-13), explored the area more thoroughly and named the glacier for Prof. William H. Hobbs of the University of Michigan, an authority on glaciology. |
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