Name details

Dilemma Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113153

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 broken glacier descending from the Worcester Range on the western side of the Skelton Glacier, northwest of Ant Hill.

Named For

Surveyed and named in February 1957 by the New Zealand Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), 1956-58. Given this name at the suggestion of the Geological Party of this expedition because of difficulties encountered in an attempted descent of this glacier.

Location

Latitude:
78° 45' 00.0" S
-78.75000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
161° 25' 00.0" E
161.41667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
400 m
Unknown precision

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:
1-Jan-1958

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