Name details

Beta Glacier

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 138348

Feature type: Glacier

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Land-terminating glacier on Ulu Peninsula flowing south east and draining into Torrent Valley and Shrove Cove to the south west of Dinn Cliffs. Named in association with Alpha Glacier to the north east. The name stems from established use in 30 years of fieldwork in the area by Argentinian glaciologists.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
63° 58' 30.0" S
-63.97500°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
57° 56' 00.0" W
-57.93333°
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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

request by Adrian Fox, June 2018

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
9-Oct-2015

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