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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| Krebs Glacier (GBR) | 64° 38' 00.0" S | 61° 28' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 109666
Place ID: 7819
flowing W into the head of Charlotte Bay, Danco Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Danco Island", 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of aviation grouped in this area, named after Arthur C. Krebs (1850-1935), French engineer, who in 1884 with C. Renard (Renard Glacier, q.v.) constructed and flew the first dirigible airship capable of steady flight under control (APC, 1960, p.5; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961). |
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| Krebs Glacier (USA) | 64° 38' 00.0" S | 61° 31' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 127598
Place ID: 7819
Glacier flowing W into the head of Charlotte Bay on the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Arthur C. Krebs (1850-1935), who, with C. Renard, constructed and flew the first dirigible airship capable of steady flight under control, in 1884. |
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| Krebs, glaciar (ARG) | 64° 38' 00.0" S | 61° 28' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 101292 Place ID: 7819 | |||
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