Name details

Stubb Glacier

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111443

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 E into Scar Inlet between Mount Queequeg and Tashtego Point, Oscar II Coast, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in its lower reaches in November 1947 and in its upper reaches in September 1955; in association with names from Moby Dick or the whale in this area, named after Stubb, Second Mate in Pequod (APC, 1958, p.6; BA chart 3570, 29.ix.1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
65° 40' 00.0" S
-65.66667°
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Longitude:
62° 20' 00.0" W
-62.33333°
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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:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
4-Sep-1957

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