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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| Ives Ice Rise (GBR) | 71° 53' 00.0" S | 73° 35' 00.0" W | Ice rise |
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Name ID: 109484
Place ID: 6999
near the head of Weber Inlet, Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island. Named after Charles E. Ives (1874-1954), American composer who received the 1947 Pullitzer Prize for his Third Symphony (1911). |
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| Ives Ice Rise (USA) | 71° 53' 00.0" S | 73° 35' 00.0" W | Ice rise |
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Name ID: 127005
Place ID: 6999
An ice rise c. 1 mi long at the head of Weber Inlet, SW Alexander Island. Mapped by USGS from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1967-68 and Landsat imagery taken 1972-73. In association with the names of composers grouped in this area, named by US-ACAN after Charles E. Ives (1874-1954), American composer. |
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