Name details

Fountain Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 135643

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 between Nylen Glacier to the west and Catspaw Glacier to the east, in the Asgard Range, McMurdo Dry Valleys. It flows south into Pearse Valley with a small hanging lobe. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF08

Named For

Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after Andrew G. Fountain, Department of Geology, Portland State University, Portland, OR. United States Antarctic Program (USAP) investigator in glacier mass balance studies of McMurdo Dry Valleys, 1993-2003.

Location

Latitude:
77° 41' 00.0" S
-77.68333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
161° 38' 00.0" E
161.63333°
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Altitude:
1331 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MF08 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
3-Mar-2005

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