Name details

Pryor Glacier

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 517

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, partly in the Ross Dependency and about 57 km long, flowing north-eastwards to the sea to the north of Mount Sheilds. Plotted from aerial photographs taken by the US Navy in 1960-62. Named after M.E. Pryor, biologist and station scientific leader at McMurdo Station in 1959; US observer at Mirny, winter party, 1962.

Named For

M.E. Pryor, McMurdo Station in 1959, observer, Mirny 1962

Location

Latitude:
70° 05' 00.0" S
-70.08331°
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Longitude:
160° 10' 00.1" E
160.16669°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
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:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
9-Jun-1964

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