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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| Somers Glacier (GBR) | 65° 22' 00.0" S | 63° 30' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 111269
Place ID: 13656
flowing NW in to Trooz Glacier, Graham Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with Belgica Glacier to the W, named after Henri Somers (b. 1863), Chief Engineer in the BeAE ship Belgica (APC, 1959a, p.11). |
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| Somers Glacier (USA) | 65° 22' 00.0" S | 63° 31' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 131881
Place ID: 13656
Glacier flowing NW into Trooz Glacier, on the W coast of Graham Land. First charted by the BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37. Named by the UK-APC in 1959 for Henri Somers, chief engineer of the BelgAE's ship Belgica, which explored in the area in 1897-99. |
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| Somers Nunatak (GBR) | 67° 28' 00.0" S | 67° 16' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 111270
Place ID: 13657
rising to c. 600 m on W side of Reid Glacier, Arrowsmith Peninsula, Loubet Coast, following geological work in the area by BAS from Rothera, 1980-81, was named after Geoffrey Usher Somers (b. 1950), BAS general assistant, Rothera, 1978-81, who assisted in the work (APC, 1986, p.4). |
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| Somers Nunatak (USA) | 67° 28' 00.0" S | 67° 16' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 131882
Place ID: 13657
Nunatak rising to c. 600 m on the W edge of Reid Glacier, Arrowsmith Peninsula, Loubet Coast. The feature provides a useful vantage point near several geological localities. Following geological work in the area by BAS, 1980-81, named by UK-APC after Geoffrey Usher Somers, BAS general assistant at Rothera Station, 1978-81, who assisted in the work. |
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