Name details

Hovde Glacier

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 449

Feature type: Glacier

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A small glacier on the Ingrid Christensen Coast just east of Amanda Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936). Called Hovde Ice Tongue by Dr. J.H Roscoe in 1952 following his study of air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Dr. Roscoe was photogrammetrist with Operation Highjump and USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 15' 37.0" S
-69.26028°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
76° 56' 43.0" E
76.94528°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E152_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
18-May-1971

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