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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/17221 |
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| English | Archer Glacier | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
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Glacier |
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65° 12' 0" S (-65.2°) |
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63° 2' 0" W (-63.0333333°) |
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SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ |
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Belgica information (en): 23/09/1960 - Glacier flowing W into Flandres Bay, Danco Coast. Photographed by FIDASE in 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of photography in this area, named after Frederick Scott Archer (1813-57), English architect and inventor of the wet collodion process of photography in 1849 (GBR gaz. 1960) (http://www.geoscience.scar.org/meetings/shanghai/cga_letter_a.pdf). |
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Belgica information (en): Glacier flowing NW into the head of Bolsón Cove, Flandres Bay, on the W coast of Graham Land. First charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Frederick S. Archer (1813-1857), English architect who in 1849 invented the wet collodion process of photography, the first practical process on glass (http://www.geoscience.scar.org/meetings/shanghai/cga_letter_a.pdf / http://geonames.usgs.gov). |
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Last edited on 2007-12-06 08:45:10 by De Hauwere Nathalie
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