Name details

Twombley Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140342

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 north from between Blake Massif and Mandarich Massif at the northern side of Kent Plateau for 12.5km into the southern side of Byrd Glacier.

Named For

Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after C.E. Twombley, US Weather Bureau, the first civilian at Little America V during U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze I, 1955-56 and a member of the winter party.

Location

Latitude:
80° 38' 01.7" S
-80.63380°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
157° 46' 45.5" E
157.77930°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
987 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:
1030010008ACFA00
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

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
20-May-1965

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