Name details

Commonwealth Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113030

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 which flows in a southeasterly direction and enters the north side of Taylor Glacier Dry Valley west of Mount Coleman, east of Lake Fryxell, in Victoria Land. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME10

Named For

Charted and named by the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova expedition, BrAE), 1910-13, for the Commonwealth of Australia, which made a financial grant to the expedition and contributed two members to the Western Geological Party who explored this area.

Location

Latitude:
77° 34' 16.4" S
-77.57122°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
163° 18' 15.3" E
163.30424°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
235 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
McMurdo Dry Valleys LiDAR 2014-15
Source Identifier:
NCALM_DV_LiDAR_TaylorValley_East_1m
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-Jan-1958

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