Name details

Sefton Glacier

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 499

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 about 19 km long, flowing into the southern side of Byrd Glacier, just west of Rundle Peaks. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy.

Named For

Named by USACAN after R. Sefton, ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station during the winters of 1962 and 1964.

Location

Latitude:
80° 45' 00.0" S
-80.75000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
156° 52' 00.1" E
156.86670°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
27-Aug-1975

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