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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| Merrick Glacier (AUS) | 80° 13' 59.9" S | 158° 49' 59.9" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 488
Place ID: 9463
A steep glacier flowing south-westward to the Byrd Glacier at the western end of Horney Bluff. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. |
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| Merrick Glacier (NZL) | 80° 11' 27.9" S | 158° 56' 03.6" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 139403
Place ID: 9463
A steep glacier flowing south-westward for approximately 21km from a shared saddle catchment with Gaussiran Glacier, to the Byrd Glacier at the western end of Horney Bluff. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MP06 |
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| Merrick Glacier (USA) | 80° 13' 00.0" S | 158° 52' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 128817
Place ID: 9463
A steep tributary glacier just east of Sennet Glacier in Britannia Range, descending southwestward to enter Byrd Glacier at the west end of Horney Bluff. Named by US-ACAN, in association with nearby Byrd Glacier, for the USS Merrick, cargo ship (Central Group of Task Force 68) of USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, led by Admiral Byrd. |
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