Name details

Double Curtain Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113178

Feature type: Glacier (12)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A glacier with two hanging lobes about New Harbour, at the terminal end of Ferrar Glacier. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF10

Named For

A descriptive name given by the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova expedition, BrAE), 1910-13. Glaciers with high walls straddling the tops of valleys were termed 'curtain glaciers' where they were just beginning to leave their cirque. In this instance, curtains hung across two valleys. Refer pp 115-116, The Physiography of the McMurdo Sound and Granite Harbour Region, British Antarctic "Terra Nova" 1910-1913 Expedition Reports.

Location

Latitude:
77° 39' 00.0" S
-77.65000°
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Longitude:
163° 31' 00.0" E
163.51667°
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Altitude:
487 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MF10 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-Jan-1958

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