Name details

Klein Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140082

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 broad glacier near the edge of the polar plateau, flowing northwest into Scott Glacier immediately south of La Gorce Mountains.

Named For

Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Verle W. Klein, pilot with U.S. Navy (USN) Squadron VX-6 on Operation Deep Freeze, 1966 and 1967.

Location

Latitude:
86° 50' 55.1" S
-86.84863°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
148° 47' 49.7" W
-148.79714°
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Altitude:
2048 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018
Source Identifier:
1030010064BEF300
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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