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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| Holcomb Glacier (USA) | 75° 35' 00.0" S | 142° 48' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 126611
Place ID: 6496
A glacier which drains northward to the coast of Marie Byrd Land 9 mi southeast of Groves Island. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Leroy G. Holcomb, ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station, 1971. |
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