Name details

Sabine Glacier

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111003

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 NNW into the cove E of Wennersgaard Point, Davis Coast. The coast in this vicinity was roughly sketched in January 1829 by Foster, who applied the name Cape Sabine to an unidentified feature lying SE of Cape Kater (q.v.), after Sir Edward Sabine (1788-1883), English astronomer and geodesist who was a member of the Committee for Foster's expedition; member of British expeditions to Arctic Canada, 1818, 1819-20; President of the Royal Society, 1861-71 (Foster and Kendall, chart, 1829a). Following survey by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in 1948 and air photography by FIDASE, 1956-57, the name of Sabine was applied to the present feature. Sabine Glacier (APC, 1960, p.7; BA chart 3205, 23.ix.1962; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
63° 54' 00.0" S
-63.90000°
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Longitude:
59° 46' 00.0" W
-59.76667°
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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:
23-Sep-1960

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