Name details

Eastwind Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113214

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 at the southeast of Ross Island that draining part of the south slopes of Mount Terror. It flows southwest to coalesce with the east margin of Terror Glacier where the two glaciers enter Fog Bay between Vee Cliffs to the west and Terror Point to the east. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF15

Named For

In association with the names of expedition ships grouped on this island, named after USCGC Eastwind. An icebreaker, she made nine Antarctic deployments in support of science activities from U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz), 1955-56, through the 1966-67 season.

Location

Latitude:
77° 37' 41.7" S
-77.62826°
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Longitude:
168° 15' 59.4" E
168.26649°
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Altitude:
546 m
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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 17_33 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:
4-Nov-1999

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