Name details

Dana Glacier

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108417

Feature type: Glacier

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

, flowing ENE into Lehrke Inlet, Black Coast, was roughly surveyed by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island", 1947-48 (DCS 601 sheet 70 62, 1955); photographed from the air by USN in 1966 and resurveyed from the ground by BAS from "Stonington Island", 1972-73; named after Cdr John B. Dana, USN, Operations Officer and aircraft commander, ODF, 1971; Executive Officer, 1972, and CO, 1973, Squadron VXE-6 (BAS 250 sheets SR 19-20/12 and 16, 1-DOS 1976; APC, 1977, p.10).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 58' 00.0" S
-70.96667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
62° 28' 00.0" W
-62.46667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
21-Jul-1976

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