Name details

Downer Glacier

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 455

Feature type: Glacier

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

A glacier about 28 km long, flowing eastwards into the King Edward Ice Shelf just north of the Wilma Glacier. Part of the glacier was mapped in 1954 by Robert Dovers during a sledging journey to Edward VIII Gulf. Photographed by ANARE aircraft in 1956.

Named For

Named after Sgt. G.K. Downer, RAAF, electrical and instrument fitter at Mawson in 1958.

Location

Latitude:
66° 56' 43.4" S
-66.94540°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
56° 16' 55.2" E
56.28200°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
22-Jul-1959

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