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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Barne Glacier (NZL) | 77° 36' 00.0" S | 166° 26' 00.0" E | Glacier |
Name ID: 112728
Place ID: 913
A broad glacier up to 5km across, descending west-southwest from the slopes of Mount Erebus and terminating on the west side of Ross Island, between Capes Barne and Evans, where it forms a steep ice cliff. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF13 |
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Barne Glacier (RUS) | 77° 35' 00.0" S | 166° 20' 00.0" E | Glacier |
Name ID: 116972 Place ID: 913 | |||
Barne Glacier (USA) | 77° 36' 00.0" S | 166° 26' 00.0" E | Glacier |
Name ID: 122207
Place ID: 913
Steep glacier which descends from the W slopes of Mount Erebus and terminates on the W side of Ross Island between Cape Barne and Cape Evans where it forms a steep ice cliff. Discovered by the BrNAE, 1901-04, under Scott. Named by the BrAE, 1907-09, under Shackleton after nearby Cape Barne. |
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Oldroyd Island (AUS) | 68° 32' 17.5" S | 77° 54' 06.1" E | Island |
Name ID: 913
Place ID: 10590
An island about 0.5 km north-west of Magnetic Island, Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). |
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