Name details

Rio Glacier

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 140294

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 100 km long, flowing from north east of McCuddin Mountains into the western end of Getz Ice Shelf, to the west of Dean Island.

Named For

Named for the first ‘Earth Summit’ Rio de Janeiro, 1992 and the opening for signature of The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Part of a naming theme in this area of the locations of major climate treaties, conferences and reports.

Location

Latitude:
74° 51' 36.0" S
-74.86000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
128° 00' 00.0" W
-128.00000°
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:
14-Jun-2021

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