Name details

Glasgow Glacier

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 140287

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 about 70 km long, the eastern of three glaciers flowing from west of Kohler Range into Getz Ice Shelf, between Wright Island and Scott Peninsula.

Named For

Named for the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties Conference (COP26) held in Glasgow in November 2021. Part of a naming theme in this area of the locations of major climate treaties, conferences and reports.

Location

Latitude:
74° 36' 00.0" S
-74.60000°
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Longitude:
115° 21' 36.0" W
-115.36000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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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:
14-Jun-2021

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