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
McCraw Glacier (NZL) 80° 07' 00.0" S 156° 35' 00.0" E Glacier
Name ID: 113874 Place ID: 9250

McCraw Glacier (USA) 80° 07' 00.0" S 156° 35' 00.0" E Glacier
Name ID: 128638 Place ID: 9250

Glacier in the Britannia Range, draining the NW slopes of Mount Olympus and flowing N, westward of Johnstone Ridge, to enter Hatherton Glacier. Named by a University of Waikato geological party, 1978-79, led by M.J. Selby. Named for John D. McCraw, Dean of Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, N.Z., a member on a 1959-60 field party to the McMurdo Dry Valleys.

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