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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| Mertz Glacier (AUS) | 67° 40' 00.1" S | 144° 30' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 593
Place ID: 9469
A glacier occupying a deep depression, extending for 80 km inland from Buchanan Bay in George V Land and averaging over 32 km wide. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after Dr Xavier Mertz, a member of the expedition who lost his life on the far-east sledge journey. |
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| Mertz Glacier (RUS) | 67° 30' 00.0" S | 144° 45' 00.0" E | Glacier |
| Name ID: 119385 Place ID: 9469 | |||
| Mertz Glacier (USA) | 67° 30' 00.0" S | 144° 45' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 128823
Place ID: 9469
A heavily crevassed glacier, about 45 mi long and averaging 20 mi wide. It reaches the sea between Cape De la Motte and Cape Hurley where it continues as a large glacier tongue. Discovered by the AAE (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Xavier Mertz, a member of the expedition who lost his life, Jan. 7, 1913, on the far-east sledge journey. |
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