Name details

Kelsey Cliff

Kelsey Cliff (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Kelsey Cliff  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109591

Feature type: Cliff

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

running NW-SE and rising to c. 300m at head of Nantucket Inlet and on SW side of Johnston Glacier, Lassiter Coast, was seen from the air by RARE, 21 November 1947, and partly surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in December 1947. The name D.M. Little Glacier was applied to a minor tributary of Johnston Glacier on the SW side (AGS map, 1948), and the name Cape Easson was applied to Cape Little (q.v.) "after the Easson family of Nova Scotia in honor of the expedition's radio operator, Lawrence D. Kelsy" [sic] (AGS map, 1948). The name of Lawrence De Wolfe Kelsey, of Sacramento, Cal., was later transferred to the glacier. Kelsey Glacier (Ronne, 1948b, map p.357, p.372, 390; APC, 1955, p.13; USHO chart 6638, 1955; DOS 601 sheet W 74 62, 1958). Delbert Little Glacier, Little Glacier, as rejected names (USBGN, 1949, p.31). Lednik Kelsi (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Glaciar Kelsey (Chile. IGM map 28, 1966). Air photography by USN, 1965-67, showed no significant tributary of Johnston Glacier on its SW side, and the name of Kelsey was re-applied to the present feature. Kelsey Cliff (USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.4; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
74° 30' 00.0" S
-74.50000°
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Longitude:
62° 18' 00.0" W
-62.30000°
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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 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:
20-Dec-1974

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