Rhesus Glacier

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

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

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Place ID: 18569
Name ID: 136889

Feature type: Glacier ( 12)

Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The 7 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier draining the E slopes of the Trojan Range on Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago SE of Paris Peak. Flowing northeastwards into Fournier Bay S of Thompson Peninsula and N of Predel Point. Named after the Thracian King Rhesus in Homer"s Iliad.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 31' 35.0" S
-64.52639°
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Longitude:
63° 17' 00.0" W
-63.28333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
23-Nov-2009

Related information

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