Name details

Potter Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114141

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 flowing from the vicinity of Auster Pass between Mount Huggins and Mount Kempe in the Royal Society Mountains, for approximately 20km generally southwestward into the Lower Staircase of Skelton Glacier. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MH09

Named For

Named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1963 for Lieutenant Commander Edgar A. Potter, U.S. Navy (USN), helicopter pilot at McMurdo Station in 1960.

Location

Latitude:
78° 21' 39.2" S
-78.36089°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 22' 47.0" E
162.37972°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1479 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MH09 : 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:
27-Jun-1963

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