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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| Murray Glacier (NZL) | 71° 39' 00.0" S | 170° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 113974
Place ID: 9996
A glacier, about 2 1/2 miles wide, with a face on Colbeck Bay, but flowing mainly west of Duke of York Island to merge with Dugdale Glacier at the south end of Robertson Bay in northern Victoria Land. First charted by the BAE, 1898-1900, who named it for Sir John Murray, of the Challenger expedition, 1872-76. |
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| Murray Glacier (USA) | 71° 39' 00.0" S | 170° 00' 00.0" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 129225
Place ID: 9996
Valley glacier, 20 mi long, draining seaward along the E side of Geikie Ridge in the Admiralty Mountains. Its terminus coalesces with that of Dugdale Glacier where both glaciers discharge into Robertson Bay along the N coast of Victoria Land. First charted by the BrAE, 1898-1900, under C.E. Borchgrevink, who named this feature for Sir John Murray of the Challenger expedition, 1872-76. |
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