Name details

Helmore Glacier

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 136956

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 west-flowing glacier 2 miles south of Dolinnyy Glacier, which it parallels, in the northern part of the Mawson Escarpment. The glaciers flow separately into Lambert Glacier. Plotted from ANARE aerial photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Named by the Australian Antarctic Names and Medal Committee (1975) after R. Helmore, technical officer with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1973. Not: Lednik Krutoj.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 03' 54.0" S
-73.06500°
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Longitude:
68° 18' 41.0" E
68.31139°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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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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