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
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.

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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