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
Bargh Glacier (USA) 73° 05' 00.0" S 168° 46' 00.0" E Glacier
Name ID: 122190 Place ID: 892

A glacier 6 mi long in the SW part of Daniell Peninsula, Victoria Land. It lies 2 mi N of Langevad Glacier, whose stream it parallels, and flows SW to enter Borchgrevink Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Kenneth A. Bargh, seismologist at Hallett Station, 1958.

Ford Island (AUS) 66° 24' 17.6" S 110° 30' 43.9" E Island
Name ID: 892 Place ID: 4805

An island in the southern part of the Windmill Islands, off the Budd Coast, about 3 km east of Holl Island. Plotted from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). A landing was made there by an ANARE party led by Phillip Law in January, 1956. Named by USACAN for Homer D Ford, Photographic Officer US Operation Highjump 1946-47, and Assistant Photographic Officer US Operation Windmill 1948.  

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