Clifford Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Clifford Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier
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:
flowing E into Smith Inlet, Wilkins Coast, was surveyed from the ground in its upper part by BGLE in December 1936 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); probably sighted near its terminus by USAS in 1940-41; photographed from the air by RARE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in 1947-48; called Glaciar Stefansson (Chile. IGM map, 1947) or Stefansson Glacier (Kosack, 1954, Tafel 46), presumably in association with Stefansson Sound (q.v.); named Clifford Glacier after Sir (Geoffrey) Miles Clifford (1897-1986), Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies, 1946-54; Vice-President, RGS, 1956-62; Chairman, British National Committee on Antarctic Research, 1964-78 (APC, 1955, p.7; DCS sheet 70 62, 1955; BAS 250 sheet SR 19-20/12, 1-DOS 1976). Lednik Clifforda (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Lednik Klifforda (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl. 4). The glacier was photographed from the air by USN in 1966.
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