Name details

Cooper Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113044

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.

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Narrative

A valley glacier about 3 to 8 miles wide and about 20 miles long which descends from the South Polar Plateau and flows north-east between Mts Ruth Gade and Don Pedro Christophersen in the Queen Maud Range, and merges with the head of the Ross Ice Shelf. It was discovered by the Byrd AE, 1928-30, when Byrd flew to the Queen Maud Range in November 1929. Named by him for Kent Cooper, then General Manager of the Associated Press.

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Location

Latitude:
85° 30' 00.0" S
-85.50000°
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Longitude:
164° 30' 00.0" W
-164.50000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
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Approval status

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