Name details

Ladkin Glacier

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

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

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Id 140171

Feature type: Glacier

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Glacier about 15 km long and 2.25 km wide flowing south-west into Mosby Glacier, Lassiter Coast, to the east of Fenton Glacier. Named for Russell Scott Ladkin (b.1966). Meteorologist at British Antarctic Survey, including wintering at Halley Research Station in 1990 and 1991. From 2005 to 2018 he was the engineer responsible for airborne meteorology instrumentation. He was the instrument engineer on an airborne meteorology campaign studying the Weddell Sea polynya (area of open water in sea ice) to the east of this area in February 2008. He was awarded the Fuchs Medal 2002 and Polar Medal 2007. The name continues an established naming theme of Antarctic meteorologists in this area.

Named For

Named for Russell Scott Ladkin (b.1966). Meteorologist at British Antarctic Survey, including wintering at Halley Research Station in 1990 and 1991. From 2005 to 2018 he was the engineer responsible for airborne meteorology instrumentation. He was the instrument engineer on an airborne meteorology campaign studying the Weddell Sea polynya (area of open water in sea ice) to the east of this area in February 2008. He was awarded the Fuchs Medal 2002 and Polar Medal 2007.

Location

Latitude:
73° 06' 00.0" S
-73.10000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
61° 38' 30.0" W
-61.64167°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Landsat-8 image courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey
Source Identifier:
https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
Source Scale:
1:30 m resolution
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
UK APC
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
13-Feb-2020

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