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
Moser Glacier (GBR) 64° 51' 00.0" S 62° 19' 00.0" W Glacier
Name ID: 110245 Place ID: 9885

flowing W into NE arm of Andvord Bay, Danco Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of photogrammetry grouped in this area, named after Ludwig Ferdinand Moser (1805-80), German physicist who invented stereoscopic photogrammetry in 1844 (APC, 1960, p.6; BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974). Mozer [sic] Glacier (BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961).

Moser Glacier (USA) 64° 51' 00.0" S 62° 22' 00.0" W Glacier
Name ID: 129137 Place ID: 9885

Glacier flowing into Andvord Bay just SE of Arago Glacier, on the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Ludwig F. Moser (1805-80), German physicist who invented stereoscopic photography in 1844.

Moser, glaciar (ARG) 64° 51' 00.0" S 62° 19' 00.0" W Glacier
Name ID: 101619 Place ID: 9885

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