Name details

Sheraton Glacier

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 136943

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A small glacier flowing westward in the Mawson Escarpment to enter Lambert Glacier north of Casey Point. Plotted from ANARE aerial photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Named by the Australian Antarctic Names and Medal Committee (1973) after J. Sheraton, geologist with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1973.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 26' 33.0" S
-73.44250°
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Longitude:
68° 23' 37.0" E
68.39361°
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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 Name:
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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

new adopted name (R.Payne, 21.1.10)

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
20-Oct-2009

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