Name details

Lucchitta Glacier

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 136174

Feature type: Glacier (12)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Glacier about 20 mi long flowing S from the Hudson Mountains into Pine Island Bay. Named by US-ACAN after Baerbel K. Lucchitta, geologist, USGS, Flagstaff, Arizona, Specialist in the use of satellite imagery for geological and glaciological studies from the early 1980s to the early 2000s; one of the pioneers in the use of imagery for glacier velocity measurements in Antarctica.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
74° 24' 00.0" S
-74.40000°
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Longitude:
99° 56' 00.0" W
-99.93333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-2003

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