Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Klebelsberg Glacier (GBR) | 67° 23' 00.0" S | 66° 15' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 109641
Place ID: 7616
flowing NW into Sharp Glacier near the head of Lallemand Fjord, Loubet Coast, was partially surveyed from the E by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1946-47; in association with the names of glaciologists grouped in this area, named after Raimund von Klebelsberg (1886-1967), Austrian glaciologist; sometime Professor of Geology, Geologiske Institut, Innsbruck; Editor of Zeitschrift für Gletscherkunde, 1927-43 and 1949-57; author of Handbuch der Gletscherkunde und Glazialgeologie (Vienna, 1948-49), a standard textbook (APC, 1955, p.13; BA chart 3570, 21.ix.1957; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978); photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. |
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| Klebelsberg Glacier (USA) | 67° 23' 00.0" S | 66° 19' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 127473
Place ID: 7616
Glacier, 7 mi long and 2 mi wide, situated at the S side of Finsterwalder Glacier and flowing NW from the central plateau of Graham Land toward the head of Lallemand Fjord. With Finsterwalder and Haefeli Glaciers, its mouth merges with Sharp Glacier where the latter enters the fjord. First surveyed from the plateau in 1946-47 by the FIDS, and named by them for Raimund von Klebelsberg, Austrian glaciologist. |
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