Name details

The Slot

Slot, The (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

The Slot  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139557

Feature type: Glacier

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

Small swift glacier descending from the polar plateau between Mount Ronca and Mount Summerson in the Geologists Range, upper Nimrod Glacier area.

Named For

Seen by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) and provisionally called The Gap, but the same name had been used at Ross Island. Named because of its narrowness and crevassed nature.

Location

Latitude:
82° 40' 00.0" S
-82.66667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
155° 05' 00.0" E
155.08333°
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Altitude:
1692 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 23_34 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-Jun-1962

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