Name details

Leverett Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113762

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 slow-moving glacier about 10 miles wide over 20 miles long, flowing in a west-north-west direction between the Harold Byrd and Tapley Mountains, and terminating at the head of the Ross Ice Shelf close east of the Robert Scott Glacier. Discovered in November 1929, by the Geological party, led by Gould, of the Byrd AE, 1928-30. Named for Frank Leverett, eminent geologist at the University of Michigan and an authority on glacial geology of the central United States.

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Location

Latitude:
85° 38' 00.0" S
-85.63333°
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Longitude:
147° 35' 00.0" W
-147.58333°
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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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