Defant Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Defant 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 Violante Inlet, Black Coast, was photographed from the air by USAS, 30 December 1940 (USHO, 1943, photograph p.277) and by RARE, 21 November 1947; surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947; in association with the names of Antarctic oceanographers grouped in this area, named after Dr Albert Josef Maria Defant (1884-1974), Austrian-born German oceanographer; Director, Institut für Meereskunde [Oceanographic Institute], Berlin, 1927-45; Editor of the scientific reports of the German Meteor expedition, 1925-27 (APC, 1955, p.8; USHO chart 6639, 1955; DCS 601 sheet 72 60, 1956; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). Lednik Defanta (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Glaciar Defant (Chile. IGM map 20, 1966).
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