Name details

Stephenson Glacier

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 497

Feature type: Glacier

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer.

Narrative

A glacier on the east coast just north of the Dovers Moraine. Named after Dr PJ Stephenson, geologist with the 1963 ANARE Heard Island Expedition.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 06' 34.0" S
-53.10944°
Accurate to 20m
Longitude:
73° 39' 43.4" E
73.66206°
Accurate to 20m
Altitude:
400 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Doug Thost 2004
Catalogue id
IA13147
Caption
View from Scarlet Hill with Stephenson Lagoon (left) and Big Ben (right) joined by the Stephenson Glacier. Feb. 5th 2004.
Photographer
Thost, Douglas (Doug)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Georeferenced Satellite Image
Source Name:
World View 23/3/2008
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( Heard_WorldView-1_23MAR08 - Heard Island WorldView-1 Image (23 March 2008) orthorectification )
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
DigitalGlobe
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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