Name details

Goodenough Glacier

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109062

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 WSW into George VI Ice Shelf, N of Buttress Nunataks, was surveyed by BGLE in October 1936 and named Margaret Goodenough Glacier after the Hon. Margaret E. Goodenough (Lady Goodenough), wife of Adm. Sir William Edmund Goodenough, RN (1867-1945), who as President of the RGS, 1930-33, assisted in raising funds for BGLE (Rymill, 1938b; BA chart 3175, 1.iii.1940; Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232). Glaciar Margaret Goodenough (Rymill and others, 1943, map facing p.272). Goodenough Glacier (USAF chart 1808, 1948; APC, 1955, p.11; DCS 601 sheets W 71 66 and 72 66, 1956; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/14, 2-DOS 1984). Goodenaugh [sic]-Gletscher (Kosack, 1955a, end map). Glaciar Quinteros, so called by AAE probably after a member of the expedition (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1957). Ghiacciaio Margaret Goodenough (Zavatti, 1958, Tav.9). Lednik Gudenaf (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The glacier was photographed from the air by USN, 1966-69.

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Location

Latitude:
71° 57' 00.0" S
-71.95000°
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Longitude:
66° 00' 00.0" W
-66.00000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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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:
31-Mar-1955

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