Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Lister Glacier (GBR) | 64° 06' 00.0" S | 62° 21' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 109857
Place ID: 8515
flowing NE into Bouquet Bay, Brabant Island, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of medicine grouped in this area, named after Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister (1827-1912), English surgeon and founder of antiseptic surgery, c. 1865; President of the Royal Society, 1895-1900 (APC, 1960, p.5; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). |
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| Lister Glacier (USA) | 64° 05' 00.0" S | 62° 19' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 128104
Place ID: 8515
Glacier 5 mi long and 1 mi wide, flowing into Bouquet Bay just S of Duclaux Point on the NE side of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart in 1953, but not named. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the UK-APC for Joseph Lister, First Baron Lister (1827-1912), English surgeon and founder of antiseptic surgery. |
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| Lister, glaciar (ARG) | 64° 06' 00.0" S | 62° 21' 00.0" W | Glacier |
| Name ID: 101399 Place ID: 8515 | |||
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