Name details

Blades Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140066

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 flowing east from the snow-covered saddle just north of La Gorce Peak, Alexandra Mountains. It merges with Dalton Glacier on the north side of King Edward VII Land.

Named For

Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for William Robert Blades who served as navigator during U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump (1946-47) and Operation Deep Freeze (1955-59).

Location

Latitude:
77° 39' 20.1" S
-77.65559°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
153° 13' 53.1" W
-153.23143°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
700 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 18_24 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
19-Dec-2019

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