Name details

Orwell Glacier

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110452

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 NNE into Cemetery Bay, Borge Bay, Signy Island, was charted by DI in 1927 and named after the Norwegian factory ship Orwell (Kapt. Ingvar O. Thom), the second ship of that name belonging to Tønsbergs Hvalfangeri A/S, which anchored in Borge Bay throughout the seasons 1925-26 and 1929-30 (BA chart 3213, 14.i.1929; APC, 1955, p.16; Matthews and Maling, 1967, map in pocket; DOS 210 Signy Island sheet, 1-DOS 1973); surveyed by FIDS from Signy in 1947.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 42' 35.0" S
-60.70972°
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Longitude:
45° 37' 00.0" W
-45.61667°
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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:
31-Mar-1955

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