Name details

Fergusson Glacier

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 524

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 flowing ENE to the coast of Oates Land about 46 km east of Tomilin Glacier. Named by the New Zealand Geological and Survey Antarctic Expedition (1963-64) after Sir Bernard Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand, who made a flight over the party during his visit to Antarctica.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 37' 47.0" S
-69.62972°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
159° 09' 30.0" E
159.15833°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E103_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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