Name details

McLay Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 134328

Feature type: Glacier (12)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A glacier flowing southeast into Nursery Glacier together with Silk Glacier, Churchill Mountains. Mount Durnford, Mount Stewart and Mount Liard flank the north and Turk Peak and Bradshaw Peak flank the south.

Named For

Named after the Hon. James Kenneth McLay, QSO, who was the former Minister of Justice, Attorney General and Deputy Prime Minister. He held the position of New Zealand’s Whaling Commissioner for 9 years, during which time he fought for a whaling sanctuary in the Southern Ocean, and opposed scientific whaling.

Location

Latitude:
81° 02' 00.0" S
-81.03333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
158° 49' 00.0" E
158.81667°
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Altitude:
871 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 21_34 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
27-Feb-2003

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