Name details

Heirtzler Ice Piedmont

Heirtzler Ice Piedmont (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Heirtzler Ice Piedmont  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 126374

Feature type: Piedmont (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 relatively low, triangular-shaped, ice-covered area of about 7 mi extent, located at the W side of Violante Inlet and N of Maury Glacier, on Black Coast, Palmer Land. The feature was first seen and photographed from the air by the USAS on Dec. 30, 1940, and was mapped by USGS from USN aerial photographs taken 1966-69. In association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area, named by US-ACAN after James R. Heirtzler, American physicist; Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia University, 1960-64 (Senior Research Scientist, 1964-67); Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, 1969-86; Geophysicist and Head, Geophysics Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, from 1986.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 34' 00.0" S
-72.56667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
61° 25' 00.0" W
-61.41667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
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-1994

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