Name details

Sykes Glacier

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 132424

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:

Sykes Glacier (New Zealand)

Narrative

A north-flowing glacier located just east of Plane Table in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Named by NZ-APC for N.Z. film director Jeremy Sykes who perished in a helicopter accident at nearby Mount McLennan, Nov. 19, 1969.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

77° 35' 00.0" S

-77.58333°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

161° 32' 00.0" E

161.53333°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

Not recorded

Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Unknown

Source Identifier:

Source Scale:

Unknown

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Unknown

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Unknown

Date approved:

1-Jan-1970

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