Name details

Runcorn Glacier

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110981

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 to join Beaumont Glacier near the head of Hilton Inlet, Black Coast, was photographed from the air by USN in 1966 and surveyed from the ground by BAS from "Stonington Island", 1972-73; in association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area, named after Stanley Keith Runcorn (b. 1922), English geophysicist; Professor of Physics, University of Newcastle, from 1963 (USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979; APC, 1980, p.5).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 02' 00.0" S
-72.03333°
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Longitude:
62° 53' 00.0" W
-62.88333°
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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:
21-May-1979

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