Name details

Blackwall Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139496

Feature type: Glacier

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A tributary glacier, approximately 17.5km long, which drains a portion of the western slope of Nilsen Plateau. It flows northwest along the northeast side of Hansen Spur to join Amundsen Glacier.

Named For

The name was used by both the 1963-64 and 1970-71 Ohio State University field parties at Nilsen Plateau. All the rock walls surrounding this glacier are black in appearance.

Location

Latitude:
86° 10' 00.0" S
-86.16667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
159° 40' 00.0" W
-159.66667°
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Altitude:
1493 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 27_29 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
4-Nov-1976

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