Name details

Fitzpatrick Glacier

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 140391

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 approximately 3.2km south of Telemeter Glacier and north of Subtense Valley, flowing directly into Cassidy Glacier in the western part of Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF07; NZMS 166 ST 57-60/5-Taylor Glacier (1:250k), and (1:50,000) 77199-Y1-TM-050-Beacon Valley

Named For

The feature was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Joan J. Fitzpatrick, Research Scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey specializing in geology and climatology, and serving as a principal investigator in numerous projects involving ice core analyses and other related activities.

Location

Latitude:
77° 49' 18.0" S
-77.82167°
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Longitude:
160° 08' 49.0" E
160.14694°
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Altitude:
1952 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MF07 : Edition 1.01 Published 2013
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:
26-Jan-2012

Display Scales

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