Name details

Defant Glacier

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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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108464

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 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).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 32' 00.0" S
-72.53333°
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Longitude:
61° 37' 00.0" W
-61.61667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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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:
28-Jan-1953

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