Name details

Posadowsky Glacier

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 474

Feature type: Glacier

Origin

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

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Narrative

A glacier just east of Gaussberg in Wilhelm II Land. Mapped and photographed from the summit of Gaussberg by the German Antarctic Expedition (1901-03) under Drygalski. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named after Count Arthur Posadowsky-Wehner, German Imperial Home Secretary, who secured a government grant for Drygalski's expedition.

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Location

Latitude:
66° 50' 55.0" S
-66.84861°
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Longitude:
89° 23' 20.0" E
89.38889°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
22-Oct-1968

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