Name details

Alley Glacier

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 138217

Feature type: Glacier

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A glacier that drains the N slopes of Britannia Range in the vicinity of Ward Tower and flows N to Darwin Glacier.

Named For

Named by US-ACAN after Richard B. Alley, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, USAP glaciologist.

Location

Latitude:
79° 58' 00.0" S
-79.96667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
158° 05' 00.0" E
158.08333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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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:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
18-Jul-2017

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