Name details

Hariot Glacier

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109205

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 NW and W into NE part of Wordie Ice Shelf, Fallières Coast, was roughly surveyed by BGLE, 1936-37 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); photographed from the air in its upper part by RARE, 27 November 1947; surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in December 1958; in association with the names of pioneers of navigation grouped in this area, named after Thomas Hariot (1560-1621), English mathematician who devised new methods of navigation under the patronage of Sir Walter Raleigh (APC, 1962, p.15; DOS 610 sheets W 68 66 and 69 66, 1963).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 00' 00.0" S
-69.00000°
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Longitude:
66° 20' 00.0" W
-66.33333°
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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 Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Aug-1962

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