Name details

Sunfix Glacier

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111469

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 ENE from Wakefield Highland, central Palmer Land, into Casey Glacier, was photographed from the air by RARE, 20 December 1947, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1960-61; so named because of the important sun fix for latitude observed at the head of this glacier in November 1960, in an area where cloud seldom allows such observations (APC, 1962, p.31; DOS 610 sheet W 69 64, 1963).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 16' 00.0" S
-69.26667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
64° 36' 00.0" W
-64.60000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

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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:
31-Aug-1962

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