Name details

Back Cirque

Back Cirque (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Back Cirque  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107624

Feature type: Cirque

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

NE of Sloman Glacier, NE Adelaide Island, following survey by FIDS from Adelaide, 1961-62, and geological work by BAS, 1980-81, was named after Eric Kenneth Prentice Back (b.1942), BAS meteorological observer, Adelaide, 1964-65, 1970-71, Grytviken, 1965-66, Rothera, 1976-77; Base Commander, Signy, 1974-75, Halley, 1975-76, Faraday, 1977-78, Rothera, 1978-79 (APC,1986, p.3).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 39' 00.0" S
-67.65000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
68° 28' 00.0" W
-68.46667°
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:
3-Apr-1984

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