Name details

Rennick Névé

Rennick Névé (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Rennick Névé  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1682

Feature type: Neve

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

The névé at the head of Rennick Glacier in Victoria Land. The Rennick Glacier is a broad glacier, over 300 km long, which is one of the largest in Antarctica. It rises on the polar plateau westward of Mesa Range and takes its name from Rennick Bay where the glacier reaches the sea. The eastern part of the bay was discovered from the ship Terra Nova, of the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13) under Scott.

Named For

The bay was named by the British Antarctic Expedition after Lt. Henry E. de P. Rennick, RN an officer on the Terra Nova British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13). Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place Names Committee in about 1966 in association with Rennick Glacier.

Location

Latitude:
73° 10' 00.1" S
-73.16670°
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Longitude:
160° 19' 59.9" E
160.33330°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
19-Jan-1989

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