Name details

Burrows Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 135617

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 small hanging glacier on the south side of Garwood Valley and opposite Garwood Glacier, flowing from Mount Band in the Denton Hills, to hang above Lake Colleen. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MG10

Named For

The feature was first noted in 1985 by the University of Canterbury biology team, and the University’s biology teams have done much work in this area. The feature is named in honour of Emeritus Professor Colin Burrows, sometime teacher in the Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences.

Location

Latitude:
78° 01' 55.8" S
-78.03218°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
163° 55' 12.8" E
163.92022°
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Altitude:
782 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_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:
26-Jun-2003

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