Name details

Hall Glacier

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 140232

Feature type: Glacier

Origin

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

Narrative

Glacier flowing north between Lidke Ice Stream and Nikitin Glacier into Stange Sound on the English Coast of Ellsworth Land.

Named For

Earth Observation satellites and their sensors that have collected important data for understanding the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Named by US-ACAN (2006) after Dann V. Hall, USGS surveyor in support of the Ross Ice Shelf Project, 1976-77; team member, joint USGS-BAS Doppler Landsat Control Project, 1977-78, via twin otter aircraft and ship to discrete positions at Haag Nunataks, Orville Coast, Antarctic Peninsula, Ronne Ice Shelf, Filchner Ice Shelf, Lyddan Island, Theron Mountains, Deception Island, Signy Island, Bird Island and South Georgia.

Location

Latitude:
73° 54' 00.0" S
-73.90000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
76° 23' 00.0" W
-76.38333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
USGS Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica and SCAR Antarctic Digital Database in UK APC GIS, 30 m resolution
Source Identifier:
https://apc.antarctica.ac.uk/
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
British Antarctic Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
10-May-2018

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