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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| Leap Year Glacier (NZL) | 71° 42' 00.0" S | 164° 15' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 113750
Place ID: 8254
A tributary of the Black Glacier. Named by the Northern Party, NZARP, 1963-64, as party members arrived here in the new year of 1964 after climbing out of the Sledgers Glacier. |
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| Leap Year Glacier (USA) | 71° 42' 00.0" S | 164° 15' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 127891
Place ID: 8254
A tributary glacier between Molar Massif and Mount Stirling in the Bowers Mountains, draining SE into Black Glacier. So named by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1963-64, as party members arrived here in the new year of 1964 after climbing out of the Sledgers Glacier. |
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