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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| Liotard Glacier (USA) | 66° 37' 00.0" S | 139° 30' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 128090
Place ID: 8498
Channel glacier about 3 mi wide and 6 mi long, flowing NNE from the continental ice and terminating in a small tongue about 4 mi W of Helene Island. Delineated from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for Andre-Frank Liotard, leader of the FrAE, 1949-51, whose group completed the initial survey of the coastal features as far westward as this glacier. |
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| Liotard, Glacier (FRA) | 66° 37' 00.0" S | 139° 30' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 135168
Place ID: 8498
Galcier de 5 km de large se terminant par une langue glaciaire de 6 km, à l'ouest de l'île Hélène. Nom donné en l'honneur d'André-Frank Liotard, chef des expéditions françaises en 1949-51, qui releva la topographie de la côte vers l'ouest jusqu'à ce glacier. Toponyme non retenu sur une carte marine classique, mais pouvant présenter un intérêt scientifique ou patrimonial. |
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| Liotard, Glacier (RUS) | 66° 37' 00.0" S | 139° 32' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 135813 Place ID: 8498 | |||
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