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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| Kirkby Glacier (NZL) | 70° 43' 00.0" S | 166° 09' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 113703
Place ID: 7558
A glacier at least 18 miles long, flowing northwards to the coast three miles of Cape North. Named by ANARE after S L Kirkby, surveyor, wit hthe ANARE 1962, lead by Phillip Law, which explored this area. |
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| Kirkby Glacier (USA) | 70° 43' 00.0" S | 166° 09' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 127432
Place ID: 7558
Glacier 20 mi long that drains the central Anare Mountains and flows NW to the sea just N of Arthurson Bluff, northern Victoria Land. Named by ANARE for S.L. Kirkby, surveyor on the ANARE (Thala Dan) cruise of 1962 along this coast. |
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