Name details

Evans Piedmont Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113259

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 broad ice sheet occupying the low-lying coastal platform between Tripp Island at Tripp Bay, and Cape Archer at Granite Harbour to the South. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MC09

Named For

Named after Petty Officer Edgar Evans, RN, of the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova expedition, BrAE), 1910-13, who was one of the Pole Party under Captain Scott, and who lost his life on the Beardmore Glacier on the return journey. Circumnavigated by the Northern Survey Party of the New Zealand Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58, in October 1957.

Location

Latitude:
76° 44' 00.0" S
-76.73333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 40' 00.0" E
162.66667°
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Altitude:
393 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MC09 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
24-Jul-1959

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