Name details

Airdevronsix Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 135599

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.

Narrative

A major glacier flowing east to the Airdevronsix Icefalls, which in turn feeds the Upper Wright Glacier, McMurdo Dry Valleys. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME07

Named For

Named in association with Airdevronsix Icefalls, after considering a proposal by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Delinski Glacier, which flows into this glacier, and recognising that the whole area above the Airdevronsix Icefalls is commonly referred to as 'Airdevronsix'.

Location

Latitude:
77° 30' 42.3" S
-77.51175°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
160° 15' 39.0" E
160.26084°
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Altitude:
1869 m
Unknown precision

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 18_35 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:
3-Mar-2005

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