Name details

Hinton Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140350

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 large tributary glacier of the Hatherton Glacier, which flows northward out of Britannia Range for 20km, between Forbes Ridge and Dusky Ridge. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MN05

Named For

Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Chief Construction Mechanic Clarence C. Hinton Jnr., who wintered at McMurdo Station in 1963 and headed a team charged with the upkeep of mechanical equipment at the outlying US stations.

Location

Latitude:
80° 03' 00.0" S
-80.05000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
157° 10' 00.0" E
157.16667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1281 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MN05 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
20-May-1965

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