Quar Ice Shelf

Quar Ice Shelf (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Quar Ice Shelf  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 11761
Name ID: 130465

Feature type: Ice shelf (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

The ice shelf between Cape Norvegia and Sorasen Ridge along the coast of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by NBSAE, 1949-52, whose Maudheim Station was located on this ice shelf. Named for Leslie Quar, British radio mechanic and electrician with NBSAE, who drowned when the weasel (track-driven vehicle) in which he was riding drove over the edge of this ice shelf, Feb. 24, 1951.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
71° 20' 00.0" S
-71.33333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
11° 00' 00.0" W
-11.00000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
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:
1-Jan-1970

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