Fireman Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Fireman Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier
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:
A glacier in the west part of Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land, flowing northwest for approximately 4km into Cassidy Glacier. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF07
Named in 1992 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Edward L. Fireman (d. 1990), physicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA. Authority on the analysis and dating of extraterrestrial materials and space debris. From 1979 conducted investigations on the dating and composition of Antarctic meteorites and Antarctic ice samples, including deep core ice obtained at Byrd Station.
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