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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| Hoshko Glacier (NZL) | 71° 48' 26.9" S | 163° 25' 27.1" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 139875
Place ID: 6637
A glacier in Lanterman Range, Bowers Mountains, draining southwest from a large catchment of cirques between Bowers Peak, Mount Edixon, and Half Black Peak, into the lower part of Canham Glacier. |
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| Hoshko Glacier (USA) | 71° 49' 00.0" S | 163° 24' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 126731
Place ID: 6637
A cirque-type glacier in the Lanterman Range, Bowers Mountains, draining SW from between Bowers Peak and Mount Edixon into the lower part of Canham Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. John Hoshko, Jr., USNR, public affairs officer on the staff of the Commander, USN Support Force, Antarctica, 1966-68. |
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