Name details

Withrow Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140103

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 on King Edward VII Land, flowing northwest into Bartlett Inlet just east of Cape Colbeck.

Named For

Mapped from surveys by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Navy air photos (1959-65). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander W.H. Withrow, U.S. Navy (USN), of the staff of the Commander, Naval Support Force, Antarctica, who was officer in charge of Detachment One at Christchurch, New Zealand, 1965-66.

Location

Latitude:
77° 24' 55.5" S
-77.41542°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
156° 30' 50.7" W
-156.51409°
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Altitude:
321 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018
Source Identifier:
102001000A439F00
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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