Name details

Baudissin Glacier

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 613

Feature type: Glacier

Origin

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

Narrative

A large glacier on the north coast of Heard Island.

Named For

The feature was named by Drygalski after Count Baudissin, one of the sponsors of the German South Polar expedition on the Gauss 1901-1903.

Location

Latitude:
53° 02' 12.8" S
-53.03689°
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Longitude:
73° 25' 53.0" E
73.43139°
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Altitude:
200 m
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Images


©AAD Non-commercial use only 2008
Catalogue id
IA15677
Photographer
Unknown

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:
21-Oct-1952

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