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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| Mirabilite Pond (NZL) | 78° 09' 02.2" S | 163° 48' 30.7" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 139396
Place ID: 9636
A small frozen lake shaped remarkably like a teardrop, located on the lip of a hanging glacier on the southeast wall of Hidden Valley. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MG10 |
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| Mirabilite Pond (USA) | 78° 11' 00.0" S | 163° 56' 00.0" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 128952
Place ID: 9636
An alkali pond at a high elevation in the southern part of Hidden Valley, west of Koettlitz Glacier. The pond is located on the northern side of the ridge that bounds the southeast part of Hidden Valley. The feature was studied by U.S. geologist Troy L. Pewe (1957-58) whose finding of a thin film of white salt mirabilite (Glauber's salt) around the edge of the pond suggested the name. |
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