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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| Kendall Basin (GBR) | 80° 15' 00.0" S | 25° 39' 00.0" W | Basin |
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Name ID: 109597
Place ID: 7448
ice-free cirque in N Herbert Mountains, Shackleton Range, was photographed from the air by USN in 1967 and surveyed from the ground by BAS from Halley, 1968-71; in association with the names of glacial geologists grouped in this area, named after Percy Fry Kendall (1856-1936), English glacial geologist; sometime Professor of Geology, Leeds University (APC, 1974, p.4; BAS 250P sheet SU 26-30/1, 1-DOS 1978). |
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| Kendall Basin (USA) | 80° 15' 00.0" S | 25° 39' 00.0" W | Basin |
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Name ID: 127326
Place ID: 7448
An ice-free cirque at the NW end of the Herbert Mountains, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by BAS, 1968-71. In association with the names of glacial geologists grouped in this area, named by the UK-APC in 1971 after Percy Fry Kendall (1856-1936), English glacial geologist; sometime Professor of Geology, Leeds University. |
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