Name details

Casais, Glaciar

Casais, Glaciar (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Casais, Glaciar  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Chile Gazetteer Id 134841

Feature type: Glacier (12)

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Descubierto por la BelgAE, bajo el mando del teniente Adrien de Gerlache, 1897-1899. En una carta basada en un levantamiento efectuado en 1927 por personal de la DI, embarcado en el Discovery, apareció con el nombre de Channel Glacier, aunque este pudiera reflejar un nombre anterior. El nombre actual corresponde al apellido del delegado del Ministerio de Defensa Nacional de Chile Miguel Casais Morales, embarcado en la PF. "Iquique" de la Armada de Chile, durante la Expedición Antártica Chilena de 1952. Glaciar continuo de aproximadamente 1,5 milla de largo, que se extiende en dirección E-W a través de la parte N de la isla Wiencke, archipiélago de Palmer.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 48' 00.0" S
-64.80000°
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Longitude:
63° 19' 00.0" W
-63.31667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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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

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Approval status

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Date approved:
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