Name details

Bol Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 112827

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 flowing north from Camels Hump for approximately 8km through the Cathedral Rocks into Ferrar Glacier. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF09

Named For

Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964, for Lieutenant Commander Peter Bol, U.S. Navy (USN), chaplain with the winter party of 1956 at the Naval Air Facility on McMurdo Sound.

Location

Latitude:
77° 52' 47.5" S
-77.87987°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 35' 07.6" E
162.58545°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1434 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MF09 : Edition 1.01 Published 2014
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:
16-Jul-1964

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