Maury Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Maury 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 ENE into Violante Inlet, Black Coast, was photographed from the air by USAS, 30 December 1940, but confused with Gruening Glacier (q.v.); further photographed from the air by RARE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947; in association with the names of Antarctic oceanographers grouped in this area, named after Cdr Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-73), American naval officer, hydrographer, and promoter of maritime research and Antarctic exploration (APC, 1955, p.15; USHO chart 6639, 1955; DCS 601 sheet 72 60, 1956; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). Lednik Mori (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Glaciar Maury (Chile. IGM map 20, 1966). The glacier was rephotographed from the air by USN, 1966-69, and mapped from air photographs by USGS.
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