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
Lake Miers (USA) 78° 06' 00.0" S 163° 51' 00.0" E Water body
Name ID: 128869 Place ID: 9527

A small lake in Miers Valley, lying 1 mi E of the snouts of Miers and Adams Glaciers, and filled by meltwater from these glaciers. A stream from the lake flows down the valley in the warmest weather to reach the coast of Victoria Land. Named after Miers Glacier in 1957 by the N.Z. Blue Glacier Party of the CTAE, 1956-58.

Miers Lake (RUS) 78° 06' 00.0" S 163° 50' 00.0" E Water body
Name ID: 119411 Place ID: 9527

Miers, Lake (NZL) 78° 05' 50.8" S 163° 50' 47.5" E Water body
Name ID: 113915 Place ID: 9527

A small lake approximately 2.3km long, being just east of the snouts of the Miers Glacier and Adams Glacier which feed the lake with meltwater from Miers Stream and Adams Stream. Lower Miers Stream flows from the lake down Miers Valley during the warmest weather to reach the coast near Becker Point, and approximately about 22km south-southwest of Cape Chocolate. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MG10

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