Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Bach Ice Shelf (RUS) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 72° 00' 00.0" W | Ice shelf |
| Name ID: 116924 Place ID: 731 | |||
| Bach Ice Shelf (GBR) | 72° 02' 00.0" S | 72° 20' 00.0" W | Ice shelf |
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Name ID: 107619
Place ID: 731
NE of Ronne Entrance, SW Alexander Island, after map compilation by FIDS in 1959 from air photographs taken by RARE in 1947, was named after Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer, in association with the names of other composers grouped in this area (APC, 1961, p.2; USHO chart 6638, 1962; DOS 710 sheet 14, 1963; Searle, 1963, map Fig. 3; BAS 250P sheets SR 17-18/15, 16 and SS 16-18/4, 1-DOS 1974). Shel'fovyy Lednik Bakka (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl. 24). Back [sic] Ice Shelf (US DMAAC chart JNC-120, 1976). Barrera de Hielos Bach (Argentina. AA, 1991, p.5.) |
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| Bach Ice Shelf (USA) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 72° 00' 00.0" W | Ice shelf |
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Name ID: 122079
Place ID: 731
An ice shelf which is irregular in shape and 45 mi in extent, occupying an embayment in the S part of Alexander Island entered between Berlioz and Rossini Points. A minor embayment in this position first appears on the charts of the USAS, which explored the S part of Alexander Island by air and from the ground in 1940. The ice shelf was delineated from air photos obtained by the RARE, 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960. Named by UK-APC after Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer. |
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| Bach, barrera de hielos (ARG) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 72° 00' 00.0" W | Ice shelf |
| Name ID: 100174 Place ID: 731 | |||
| Flores, Barrera de Hielos (CHL) | 72° 00' 00.0" S | 72° 00' 00.0" W | Ice shelf |
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Name ID: 134923
Place ID: 731
El nombre corresponde al apellido de Eusebio Flores Silva, geólogo y profesor de la Escuela de Minas, quien participó en la recolección de material geológico durante la Expedición Antártica Chilena de 1947, embarcado en el transporte "Angamos" de la Armada de Chile. Barrera de hielos de aproximadamente 25 millas de boca y 35 millas de fondo, en la parte S de la isla Alejandro I y limitada hacia el W por la península Carvajal. |
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| Shackleton Ice Shelf (AUS) | 65° 59' 46.0" S | 100° 30' 14.0" E | Ice shelf |
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Name ID: 731
Place ID: 13066
An extensive ice shelf off the coast of Queen Mary Land extending up to 170 km northwards and stretching along the coast from Junction Corner (94 degrees 45' E) to at least the Denman Glacier (99 degrees E). Recent Soviet charts show the shelf extending as far east as 105 degrees E., but there are some doubts as to whether this is one continuous ice shelf or two shelves separated by the Denman and Scott Glaciers. The eastern part of the ice shelf was sighted by the US Exploring Expedition under Wilkes in February, 1840. The western portion was explored by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14). |
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