Name details

Baronick Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 112735

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 glacier breaching the rocky northeast wall of Skelton Glacier, approximately 6.5km south of Hobnail Peak and 7km north-northwest of Cocks Glacie, in the Royal Society Range.

Named For

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1963 for Chief Aviation Ordnanceman Michael P. Baronick, of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, who wintered at Williams Air Operating Facility at McMurdo Sound in 1956 and was in Antarctica several summer seasons. Baronick, with a party of three, was in command of the Beardmore Air Operating Facility established on Oct. 28, 1956, at 8456S, 16600W.

Location

Latitude:
78° 36' 00.0" S
-78.60000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
161° 50' 00.0" E
161.83333°
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Altitude:
512 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 19_34 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
27-Jun-1963

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