Name details

Aurora Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 112696

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

Large steep glacier draining that part of Ross Island between Mount Erebus and Mount Terra Nova, and flowing south into McMurdo Ice Shelf at Vee Cliffs. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF14

Named For

Named by Arnold J. Heine (1926-2019) in 1963 after the Aurora, the ship of the Ross Sea Party of the British expedition under Shackleton, 1914-17.

Location

Latitude:
77° 36' 12.6" S
-77.60350°
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Longitude:
167° 39' 51.1" E
167.66420°
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Altitude:
261 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MF14 : 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:
27-Jun-1963

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