Name details

Nares Glacier

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 612

Feature type: Glacier

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer.

Narrative

A glacial ice stream about one kilometre wide flowing northerly towards Corinthian Bay, Heard Island. It is bounded by rock ridges on either side.

Named For

Named after Sir George Nares, Commander of the HMS Challenger which landed on Heard Island in 1874 and made scientific observations at that time on the Island and in the Southern Ocean.

Location

Latitude:

53° 02' 17.9" S

-53.03831°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

73° 27' 18.0" E

73.45500°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

400 m

Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Unknown

Source Identifier:

Source Scale:

Unknown

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Unknown

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Unknown

Date approved:

3-Dec-1982

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