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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| Mercury Glacier (AUS) | 79° 34' 00.1" S | 157° 16' 59.9" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 621
Place ID: 9452
A well marked glacier flowing from the slopes of Mt Hughes in the Cook Mountains, Eastern AAT. It is a wide glacier with little debris, snow on blue ice near the top and extensive blue ice in the lower part. |
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| Mercury Glacier (NZL) | 79° 33' 27.7" S | 157° 17' 18.5" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 140033
Place ID: 9452
A wide hanging glacier flowing south from the slopes of Mount Hughes in the Cook Mountains. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MM05 |
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| Mercury Glacier (USA) | 79° 34' 00.0" S | 157° 17' 00.0" E | |
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Name ID: 136776
Place ID: 9452
A wide glacier flowing S from the slopes of Mount Hughes in the Cook Mountains. In association with the names from Greek mythology grouped in this area, named by NZ-APC after Mercury, a god in Greek mythology. |
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