Name details

Priddy Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139539

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 glacier approximately 3.5km long on the western side of Esser Hill, flowing northwest to join Hobbs Glacier, on Scott Coast, Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MG11

Named For

Named in 1992 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Allan R. Priddy of Holmes and Narver, Inc., who experienced one winter above 76 in Greenland and one below 76 at McMurdo Station, as well as several summer seasons in Antarctica from 1969-91. He was construction foreman at four geological field camps and for four summer seasons at South Pole Station, and was a key crew member in the building of both Siple I and Siple II Stations.

Location

Latitude:
77° 56' 07.5" S
-77.93541°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
164° 02' 04.4" E
164.03454°
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Altitude:
953 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MG11 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
26-Mar-1993

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