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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| Linchpin Ice Rise (USA) | 69° 04' 00.0" S | 67° 27' 00.0" W | Ice rise |
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Name ID: 128057
Place ID: 8457
A small ice rise NE of Miller Ice Rise, situated near the ice front of Wordie Ice Shelf on Fallieres Coast. The feature was mapped from U.S. Landsat imagery, 1974-79. So named by UK-APC because the ice rise plays a key role in maintaining the position of the ice front, as observed in 1979. |
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| Linchpin Ice Rise* (GBR) | 69° 04' 00.0" S | 67° 27' 00.0" W | Ice rise |
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Name ID: 135293
Place ID: 8457
Formerly situated at and thought to have a key role in maintaining the Wordie Ice Front (q.v.), Marguerite Bay, Fallières Coast, and named descriptively. Found to have disappeared, 1998, following the retreat of the Wordie Ice Shelf (q.v.). |
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