Name details

Backstairs Passage Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 112707

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

A steep glacier, about 1/3 mile wide and 2 miles long, flowing north-eastward between Mt. Gerlache and Mt. Crummer from Larsen Glacier to the coast of Victoria Land. The South Magnetic Pole Party, led by David of the BAE, 1907-09, ascended by this route from the Ross Sea to the plateau of Victoria Land and named it.

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Location

Latitude:
75° 02' 00.0" S
-75.03333°
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Longitude:
162° 36' 00.0" E
162.60000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

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Date approved:
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