Name details

Parker Glacier

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 129857

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.

Narrative

A valley glacier in the Mountaineer Range of Victoria Land which drains the area just E and NE of Mount Monteagle, and flows S to Lady Newnes Bay where it terminates in a floating glacier tongue adjacent to Andrus Point. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Anthony G.H. Parker, biologist at Hallett Station in 1963-64, and McMurdo Station, 1964-65 and 1966-67.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 47' 00.0" S
-73.78333°
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Longitude:
165° 33' 00.0" E
165.55000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1969

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