Name details

Byrd Glacier

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 123174

Feature type: Glacier (12)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A major glacier, about 85 mi long and 15 mi wide, draining an extensive area of the polar plateau and flowing eastward between the Britannia Range and Churchill Mountains to discharge into Ross Ice Shelf at Barne Inlet. Named by the NZ-APC after R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd, USN, American Antarctic explorer.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
80° 20' 00.0" S
-80.33333°
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Longitude:
159° 00' 00.0" E
159.00000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1961

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