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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Mikado Glacier (GBR) | 69° 53' 00.0" S | 70° 37' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 110144
Place ID: 9541
flowing NNW into Sullivan Glacier, N of Mahler Spur, N Alexander Island, following surveys by BAS from 1968 was named, in association with Gilbert Glacier and Sullivan Glacier, after the opera The Mikado (1885) (BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/5 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978; APC, 1980, p.4). |
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Mikado Glacier (USA) | 69° 53' 00.0" S | 70° 40' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 128874
Place ID: 9541
A glacier on the N side of Mahler Spur, flowing WNW into Sullivan Glacier near the junction with the Gilbert Glacier in N Alexander Island. Named by the UK-APC, 1977, in association with Gilbert Glacier and Sullivan Glacier, after the operetta The Mikado. |
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