Name details

Atka Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 112691

Feature type: Glacier (12)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

The glacier immediately east of Flagship Mountain, flowing for approximately 12km north to meet Northwind Glacier and drain into Fry Glacier in Victoria Land. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MC08

Named For

Discovered and named in 1957 by the N.Z. Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), 1956-58. Named after the USS Atka, an American icebreaker in the convoy to McMurdo Sound in the 1956-57 season.

Location

Latitude:
76° 41' 00.0" S
-76.68333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
161° 33' 00.0" E
161.55000°
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Altitude:
1067 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MC08 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
24-Jul-1959

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