Name details

Decker Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139566

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 steep, narrow glacier that drains the north slopes of Mount Newall in the Asgard Range, and flows northeast to Lower Wright Glacier, Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-ME09

Named For

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Chief Aviation Machinist's Mate William D. Decker, U.S. Navy (USN), of Squadron VXE-6, who died at McMurdo Station on Oct. 11, 1971.

Location

Latitude:
77° 27' 45.8" S
-77.46272°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 47' 43.2" E
162.79535°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
755 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
ME09 : Edition 1.01 Published 2014
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:
4-Nov-1976

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