Name details

Craft Glacier

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 123896

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.

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Narrative

Valley glacier about 5 mi long, lying W of Hendersin Knob on Thurston Island and flowing S to Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound. First delineated from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump in December 1946. Named by US-ACAN for Ens. Charles Craft, USN, helicopter pilot on USS Glacier who made exploratory flights at Thurston Island in February 1960.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 12' 00.0" S
-72.20000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
101° 22' 00.0" W
-101.36667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

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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:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1960

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