Name details

Mawson Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113865

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 which has its uppermost tributaries in the vicinity of Reckling Peak and Jarina Nunatak, flowing generally east then northwest for some 75km, and approximately 9.1km wide south of Bruce Point where it becomes the Nordenskjöld Ice Tongue projecting into the Ross Sea.

Named For

Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (Nimrod expedition, BAE), 1907-09, and named for Douglas (later Sir Douglas) Mawson, physicist with the expedition and a member of the South Magnetic Pole Party, who was later to become the leader of two other Antarctic expeditions, 1911-14 and 1929-31.

Location

Latitude:
76° 13' 00.0" S
-76.21667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 05' 00.0" E
162.08333°
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Altitude:
146 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 16_35 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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