Name details

Schutt Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139730

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, about 10km long, flowing south between Stepaside Knoll and Stepaside Spur, to the west, and Holmes Block and Crary Knoll, to the east. The flow merges with that of Rutgers Glacier and Allison Glacier north of The Landing in the Skelton Glacier system. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MH08

Named For

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1994) after John W. Schutt, Department of Geology and Planetary Sciences, University of Pittsburgh. Member of U.S. Antarctic Project (USAP) meteorite search teams in Victoria Land in 18 field seasons, 1981-2003.

Location

Latitude:
78° 16' 00.0" S
-78.26667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
161° 31' 00.0" E
161.51667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1119 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MH08 : 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:
15-Nov-1994

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