Name details

Pourquoi Pas Glacier

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 130310

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 4 mi wide and 15 mi long, flowing NNW from the continental ice and terminating in a prominent tongue 9 mi WNW of Pourquoi Pas Point. Delineated by French cartographers from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. Named in 1952 by the French Antarctic Sub-committee after the Pourquoi-Pas?, polar ship of the FrAE under Charcot, 1908-10, later used by Charcot in expeditions to Greenland.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 15' 00.0" S
-66.25000°
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Longitude:
135° 55' 00.0" E
135.91667°
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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-1955

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