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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| Ball Glacier (NZL) | 78° 03' 00.0" S | 162° 50' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 112718
Place ID: 837
Glacier on SE side of Mount Lister below Craw Ridge. Named after Gary Ball, a member of R.H. Findlay's 1980-81 NZARP field party to this area. A New Zealand mountaineer of international repute, Ball climbed Mount Lister with an Italian party, 1976-77, and camped on this glacier. Died in climbing accident 1993. |
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| Ball Glacier (USA) | 78° 03' 00.0" S | 162° 50' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 122152
Place ID: 837
Named after Gary Ball, a member of R.H. Findlay's 1980-81 NZARP field party to this area. A New Zealand mountaineer of international repute, Ball climbed Mount Lister with an Italian party, 1976-77, and camped on this glacier. |
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| Cameron Island (AUS) | 66° 13' 01.6" S | 110° 36' 20.2" E | Island |
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Name ID: 837
Place ID: 2229
An island of the Swain Group, off the Budd Coast. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1956) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). It was included in a survey carried out by C R Eklund, in 1957. Named by USACAN after R L Cameron, a member of the 1957 Wilkes party. |
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