Name details

Delta Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113130

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

The most northerly glacier entering the west side of the Skelton Glacier from the Worcestor Range. It flows east between Mt Harmsworth and Northcliffe Peak and enters the Skelton immediately south of Delta Bluff. Surveyed and photographed by the NZTAE, 1956-58, reconnaissance parties in February 1957, and named "Cascade Glacier", Provisonal Gazetteer 1958, page 42, this name was preoccupied. Named by the NZTAE, 1956-58, for Delta Bluff.

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Location

Latitude:
78° 42' 00.0" S
-78.70000°
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Longitude:
161° 20' 00.0" E
161.33333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
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Comments

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Approval status

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