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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| Mawson Glacier (NZL) | 76° 13' 00.0" S | 162° 05' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 113865
Place ID: 9183
A glacier which has its uppermost tributaries in the vicinity of Reckling Peak and Jarina Nunatak, flowing generally east then northwest for some 75km, and approximately 9.1km wide south of Bruce Point where it becomes the Nordenskjöld Ice Tongue projecting into the Ross Sea. |
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| Mawson Glacier (RUS) | 76° 20' 00.0" S | 161° 30' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 119290 Place ID: 9183 | |||
| Mawson Glacier (USA) | 76° 13' 00.0" S | 162° 05' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 128578
Place ID: 9183
A large glacier on the E coast of Victoria Land, descending eastward from the polar plateau, to the N of Trinity Nunatak and the Kirkwood Range, to enter Ross Sea, where it forms the Nordenskjold Ice Tongue. First mapped by the BrAE (1907-09) and named for Douglas Mawson, expedition physicist, who later led two other Antarctic expeditions, 1911-14, and 1929-31. |
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