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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| Balakirev Glacier (GBR) | 71° 02' 00.0" S | 69° 58' 00.0" W | |
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Name ID: 136970
Place ID: 801
Glacier flowing NNW into Schubert Inlet, Alexander Island. Named by the USSR Academy of Sciences (1987) after Mily Balakirev (1837-1910), Russian composer (APC 2010). |
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| Balakirev Glacier (USA) | 71° 25' 00.0" S | 70° 10' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 135873
Place ID: 801
A glacier flowing NE into Schubert Inlet from the S part of Walton Mountains, Alexander Island. Named by the USSR Academy of Sciences (1987) after Mily Balakirev (1837-1910), Russian composer. Not: Lednik Balakireva. |
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| Balakireva, lednik (RUS) | 71° 25' 00.0" S | 70° 10' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 116943 Place ID: 801 | |||
| Giganteus Island (AUS) | 67° 34' 27.2" S | 62° 29' 21.4" E | Island |
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Name ID: 801
Place ID: 5314
An island at the north-west corner of the Rookery Islands off the coast of Mac.Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). |
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