Name details

McCance Glacier

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 128606

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

Glacier flowing into Darbel Bay just W of Widdowson Glacier, on the W coast of Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1955-57, and mapped from these photos by the FIDS. Named by the UK-APC for Robert A. McCance of the Dept. of Experimental Medicine, Cambridge, who gave great help in the calculation of concentrated sledging rations for British polar expeditions during the period 1938-58.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 43' 00.0" S
-66.71667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
65° 55' 00.0" W
-65.91667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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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:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1964

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