Bingham Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Bingham Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
flowing E into Larsen Ice Shelf, Wilkins Coast, was photographed from the air by Wilkins in 1928 and by Ellsworth in 1935; called Casey Strait in error (Casey Glacier, q.v.) (USHO chart 5411, xi.1939); surveyed from the ground by BGLE in November-December 1936 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232; BA chart 3175, 1.iii.1940); photographed from the air (USHO, 1943, photograph facing p.272) and further surveyed from the ground by USAS in 1940; named Bingham Glacier after Surg. Capt. Edward William Bingham, RN (1901-1993), British polar explorer; BGLE medical officer and in charge of dogs, who took part in the 1936 survey; formerly a member of BAARE and subsequently Base Leader, "Stonington Island", and in command of FIDS, 1945-46 (USBGN, 1947, p.137; APC, 1955, p.5; DCS 601 sheets 69 62 and 69 64, 1955). The glacier was resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1947. Lednik Bingema (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Glaciar Bingham (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.229; IHA, 1974, p.47).
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