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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| Manna Glacier (AUS) | 69° 45' 00.0" S | 159° 40' 00.1" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 590
Place ID: 8945
A glacier flowing north-eastwards into the sea north of Mount Gorton in Oates Land. So named by the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1963-64) because of an airdrop of extra comforts from an aircraft which took the Governor-General of New Zealand on a flight over this area. |
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| Manna Glacier (USA) | 69° 45' 00.0" S | 159° 40' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 128395
Place ID: 8945
A broad depression glacier located N of Stevenson Bluff and Mount Steele in the Wilson Hills. It drains NE into the E part of Gillett Ice Shelf. So named by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1963-64, because of an airdrop of extra comforts from an aircraft which carried the Governor-General of New Zealand over this area. |
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