Name details

Luke Glacier

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109922

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 into Leroux Bay, Graham Coast, was roughly surveyed by FAE, 1908-10 (Charcot, 1912, Pl.3); further surveyed by BGLE in 1935-36 (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.400); named after George Lawson Johnston, 1st Baron Luke of Pavenham (1873-1943), Chairman of Messrs Bovril Ltd at the time, who contributed towards the cost of BGLE (APC, 1955, p.14; USHO chart 6639, 1955; BA chart 3570, 21.ix.1957; DOS 610 sheet W 65 64, 1959); photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and resurveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Prospect Point", 1957-58. Lednik Luka (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
65° 46' 00.0" S
-65.76667°
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Longitude:
63° 55' 00.0" W
-63.91667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
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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