Name details

Snowshoe Glacier

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111253

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 W into Providence Cove, Neny Fjord, Fallières Coast, was roughly surveyed from the ground by BGLE in 1936; photographed from the air by BGLE, 1 February 1937, and by RARE, 23 December 1947; resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island in December 1949, October 1958 and November 1960; named descriptively from the shape of the glacier in plan (APC, 1962, p.29; DOS sheet W 68 66, 1963).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 19' 00.0" S
-68.31667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
66° 35' 00.0" W
-66.58333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Aug-1962

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