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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Lilienthal Glacier (GBR) | 64° 20' 00.0" S | 60° 42' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 109831
Place ID: 8443
flowing W into Cayley Glacier, Brialmont Cove, Danco Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Portal Point", 1956-59; in association with the names of pioneers of aviation grouped in this area and with Pilcher Glacier (q.v.), named after Otto Lilienthal (1848-96), German pioneer of flight in gliders, 1891-96, who was killed flying (APC, 1960, p.5; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). |
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Lilienthal Glacier (USA) | 64° 21' 00.0" S | 60° 48' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 128021
Place ID: 8443
Glacier flowing W into Cayley Glacier between Pilcher and Baldwin Peaks, on the W coast of Graham Land. Photographed by the FIDASE in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos by the FIDS. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896), German pioneer of flight in gliders. |
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Lilienthal, glaciar (ARG) | 64° 20' 00.0" S | 60° 42' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 101388 Place ID: 8443 |
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