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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| Jorum Glacier (GBR) | 65° 12' 00.0" S | 62° 14' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 109553
Place ID: 7235
flowing E into Exasperation Inlet, Oscar II Coast, N of Caution Point, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in November 1947 and October 1955; named descriptively from the punchbowl shape of the head of the glacier, a jorum being a large drinking bowl used for punch (APC, 1958, p.5; BA chart 3570, 29.ix.1961). |
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| Jorum Glacier (USA) | 65° 14' 00.0" S | 62° 03' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 127174
Place ID: 7235
A glacier flowing E into Exasperation Inlet, just N of Caution Point, on the E coast of Graham Land. Surveyed by FIDS in 1947 and 1955. The UK-APC name alludes to the punchbowl shape of the head of the glacier, a "jorum" being a large drinking bowl used for punch. |
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