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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| McKnight Creek (NZL) | 77° 35' 45.7" S | 163° 16' 39.4" E | Watercourse |
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Name ID: 139670
Place ID: 9311
A glacial meltwater stream approximately 2.5km long, flowing southwest from the snout of Commonwealth Glacier and entering the east end of Lake Fryxell between Lost Seal Stream and Aiken Creek, in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF10 |
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| McKnight Creek (USA) | 77° 36' 00.0" S | 163° 16' 00.0" E | Watercourse |
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Name ID: 128698
Place ID: 9311
A glacial meltwater stream, 1 mi long, flowing SW from the snout of Commonwealth Glacier and entering the E end of Lake Fryxell between Lost Seal Stream and Aiken Creek, in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. Named by the US-ACAN after Diane McKnight, research hydrologist, USGS, leader of USGS field teams over several years (1987-94) that made extensive studies of the hydrology and geochemistry of streams flowing into Lake Fryxell. |
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