Name details

Mosby Glacier

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110244

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 SE into New Bedford Inlet, Lassiter Coast, was photographed from the air by USAS, 30 December 1940, and by RARE in 1947; surveyed from the ground near its mouth by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in December 1947; in association with the names of Antarctic oceanographers grouped in this area, named after H kon Mosby (b.1903), Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist; Professor of Oceanography, University of Bergen, 1948-73 (APC, 1955, p.15; USHO chart 6639, 1955; DOS 601 sheet W 73 60, 1957; USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969). Lednik Mosbi (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The glacier was rephotographed from the air by USN, 1965-67, and mapped from air photographs by USGS. Glaciar Mosby (Chile. IGM map 27, 1966).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 08' 00.0" S
-73.13333°
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Longitude:
61° 55' 00.0" W
-61.91667°
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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:
28-Jan-1953

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