Name details

Kiel Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113696

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 large active glacier about ten miles wide and 16 miles long, located at the head of Prestrud Inlet, flowing westward from the Rockefeller Plateau. Named by US Operation Deep Freeze II for Max Kiel of the US Navy Mobile Construction Bn (Special) who lost his life in a crevasse 18 miles westward from this glacier on 6 March 1956, while attempting to establish a trail to Byrd Station.

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Location

Latitude:
78° 08' 00.0" S
-78.13333°
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Longitude:
154° 15' 00.0" W
-154.25000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
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Comments

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Approval status

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Date approved:
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