Name details

Descent Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139760

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 glacier flowing from Descent Pass, Royal Society Range into Ferrar Glacier, Scott Coast. Feature depicted on NZ AntTopo50-MF09

Named For

Originally Descent Pass and Descent Glacier were considered as one feature 'Descent Pass', named by Armitage of the NAE, 1901-04. Eg, the glacier was the 'pass' between Ferrar Glacier and Blue Glacier. Later texts such as the BAE 1911-14 Physiography of McMurdo Sound refer to 'Descent Pass Glacier'. During mapping in the 1960's, the one name became two, 'Descent Pass' and 'Descent Glacier'.

Location

Latitude:
77° 50' 37.6" S
-77.84378°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 52' 31.4" E
162.87539°
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Altitude:
526 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MF09 : 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:
22-Jun-2017

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