Name details

Jones Glacier

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 127157

Feature type: Glacier (12)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Channel glacier, 5 mi wide and 6 mi long, flowing N from the continental ice to the coast close E of Krause Point. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47, and named by US-ACAN for Ens. Teddy E. Jones, USNR, photo interpreter with the Naval Photographic Interpretation Center, who served as recorder and assistant with the USN Operation Windmill parties which established astronomical control stations along Wilhelm II, Knox and Budd Coasts in 1947-48.

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Location

Latitude:
66° 36' 00.0" S
-66.60000°
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Longitude:
91° 30' 00.0" E
91.50000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
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:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1955

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