Name details

Lever Glacier

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109812

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 NE arm of Beascochea Bay, Graham Coast, was sighted by FAE, 1908-10, in January 1909 (Charcot, 1912, Pl.1); roughly surveyed in its lower part by BGLE in August 1935 (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.400); named after William Hulme Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme of the Western Isles (1888-1949), who contributed towards the cost of BGLE (APC, 1955, p.13; BA chart 3570, 21.ix.1957). The glacier was partially photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Lednik Lever (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Glaciar Lever (Chile. DNH chart 1502, 1962; IHA, 1974, p.183).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
65° 29' 00.0" S
-65.48333°
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Longitude:
63° 35' 00.0" W
-63.58333°
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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:
22-Sep-1954

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