Name details

Entrikin Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140325

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 flowing from the Churchill Mountains eastward into Matterson Inlet, where it is about 6-8km wide as it enters Matterson Inlet at Ross Ice Shelf, north of Mount Deleon.

Named For

Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lieutenant Commander Joseph W Entrikin, U.S. Navy, pilot with Squadron VS-6 during U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze, 1955-56. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy.

Location

Latitude:
80° 47' 20.5" S
-80.78904°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
159° 23' 07.9" E
159.38554°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
486 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018
Source Identifier:
1020010016123300
Source Scale:
1:1889.76
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point. REMA orthometric height significantly lower than old USGS 250k map contours

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
20-May-1965

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