Name details

Sollas Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114417

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 small glacier flowing north to Taylor Valley from the Kukri Hills, between Doran Glacier and Hughes Glacier. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF09

Named For

Named by Taylor of the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova expedition, BrAE), 1910-13, for Professor Sollas, Professor of Geology at Oxford.

Location

Latitude:
77° 43' 00.0" S
-77.71667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 36' 00.0" E
162.60000°
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Altitude:
565 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MF09 : Edition 1.01 Published 2014
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:
1-Jan-1958

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