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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| Klein Glacier (NZL) | 86° 50' 55.1" S | 148° 47' 49.7" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 140082
Place ID: 7617
A broad glacier near the edge of the polar plateau, flowing northwest into Scott Glacier immediately south of La Gorce Mountains. |
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| Klein Glacier (USA) | 86° 48' 00.0" S | 150° 00' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 127474
Place ID: 7617
A broad glacier near the edge of the polar plateau, flowing NW into Scott Glacier immediately S of La Gorce Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. Verle W. Klein, pilot with USN Squadron VX-6 on Operation Deep Freeze, 1966 and 1967. |
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