Name details

Millett Glacier

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110159

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 George VI Sound, N of Wade Point, was photographed from the air and surveyed from the ground by BGLE in October 1936 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); resurveyed in part by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1949 and named after Cdr (E) Hugh Mainwaring Millett, RN (1904-68), Chief Engineer in the BGLE expedition ship Penola (Penola Strait, q.v.) (APC, 1955, p.15; USHO chart 6639, 1955; DCS 601 sheet 70 66, 1956; BAS 250 sheet SR 19-20/10, 1-DOS 1974). Lednik Milletta (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The glacier was further surveyed by BAS, 1962-72. Millet [sic] Glacier (USDMAAC chart JNC-117N, 1975).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 36' 00.0" S
-70.60000°
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Longitude:
67° 23' 00.0" W
-67.38333°
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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:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Mar-1955

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