Haines Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Haines 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 SE to join Meinardus Glacier, Lassiter Coast, was photographed from the air by USAS, 30 December 1940 (USHO, 1943, upper photograph p.276); partially surveyed by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in December 1947; in association with the names of Antarctic meteorologists grouped in this area, named after William Cassius Haines (1887-1956), American meteorologist; member of Byrd North Pole Expedition, 1926, and of Byrd Antarctic Expeditions, 1928-30 and 1933-35, and joint author of the meteorological reports of the last two expeditions (APC, 1955, p.11; USHO chart 6639, 1955; DCS 601 sheet W 73 62, 1957; USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969). Lednik Kheynsa (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The glacier was photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67, and mapped from air photographs by USGS. Glaciar Haines (Chile. IGM map 27, 1966).
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