Name details

Kraus Glacier

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 138353

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

3 km long glacier flowing north from Mount Français into Fournier Bay, Anvers Island. Named after Karl Kraus (1939-2006), Professor and Head of the Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Technical University of Vienna, 1974-2006. Researched and published widely on new techniques in digital photogrammetry, laser scanning and Digital Elevation Model extraction and quality assessment. Author of five key textbooks on photogrammetry and remote sensing.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 36' 00.0" S
-64.60000°
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Longitude:
63° 17' 00.0" W
-63.28333°
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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

request by Adrian Fox, June 2018

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
9-Nov-2016

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