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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| Moffett Glacier (NZL) | 85° 52' 00.0" S | 161° 00' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 113939
Place ID: 9712
A glacier, about 5 miles wide and 20 miles long, flowing in a north-easterly direction into Amundsen Glacier, between Mts Ellsworth and Breyer, in the Queen Maud Range. Discovered by the Byrd AE, 1928-30, when Byrd was on his South Polar flight in November 1929. Named by him for Rear Admiral William A Moffett, USN, first chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics of the Navy Department. |
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| Moffett Glacier (USA) | 85° 52' 00.0" S | 161° 00' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 129002
Place ID: 9712
A tributary glacier, 13 mi long, flowing E from Rawson Plateau to enter Amundsen Glacier just S of Mount Benjamin, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the South Pole flight of Nov. 28-29, 1929, and named by him for R. Admiral William A. Moffett, USN, first Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, Dept. of the Navy. |
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