Name details

Green Creek

Green Creek (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Green Creek  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139663

Feature type: Watercourse

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 glacial meltwater stream, approximately 650m long, flowing northeast from the extremity of Canada Glacier into the southwest end of Lake Fryxell, close east of Bowles Creek, in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF10

Named For

The name was suggested by hydrologist Diane McKnight, leader of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) teams that made intensive studies of the hydrology of streams of the Lake Fryxell basin, 1987-94. Named after William J. Green of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, who conducted research on the geochemistry of the Onyx River, 1980-81, and Lake Fryxell, Lake Hoare, and their feeder streams, 1982-83.

Location

Latitude:
77° 37' 26.9" S
-77.62413°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
163° 03' 33.0" E
163.05917°
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Altitude:
25 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
McMurdo Dry Valleys LiDAR 2014-15
Source Identifier:
NCALM_DV_LiDAR_TaylorValley_East_1m
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
18-Apr-1994

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