Name details

Maitland Glacier

Maitland Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Maitland Glacier  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109978

Feature type: Glacier

Origin

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:

Narrative

flowing NE into Mobiloil Inlet, E of Yates Spur, Bowman Coast, was photographed from the air by Wilkins, 20 December 1928, and by Ellsworth, 23 November 1935 (Joerg, 1937, Figs 1 and 2, p.434); further photographed from the air by USAS in 1940 and by RARE in 1947; named after Osborn Maitland Miller (b.1897), cartographer, American Geographical Society, NY, from 1922, who from Wilkins' and Ellsworth's photographs constructed the first reconnaissance map of this area (Joerg, 1937, map facing p.444) (USBGN, 1956, p.202; APC, 1962, p.21; DOS 610 sheet W 68 64, 1963); surveyed from the ground in its lower reaches in December 1958 and in its entirety in 1960 by FIDS from "Stonington Island". Lednik Meytlenda (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 47' 00.0" S
-68.78333°
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Longitude:
65° 06' 00.0" W
-65.10000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Aug-1962

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