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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| Barré Glacier (USA) | 66° 35' 00.0" S | 138° 40' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 122222
Place ID: 929
Channel glacier about 5 mi wide and 5 mi long, flowing N from the continental ice to the coast close E of Cape Pepin. Delineated from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for Michel Barre, leader of the FrAE wintering party of 1951-52, whose party extended reconnaissance of the coastal features as far westward as this glacier. |
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| O'Connor Island (AUS) | 66° 24' 47.9" S | 110° 27' 56.2" E | Island |
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Name ID: 929
Place ID: 10471
An island less than 1 km east of Holl Island in the Windmill Islands, off the Budd Coast. Plotted from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after photographer's mate J.J. O'Connor, USN who took part in Operation Highjump and USN Operation Windmill (1947-48). |
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