Name details

Styles Glacier

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 543

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 moving snow valley flowing northwards at the northern end of the Mawson Escarpment. Photographed by ANARE in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Seen frequently by the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey parties in 1971 and 1972.Named after Don F. Styles, (then) Deputy Director of the Antarctic Division, Melbourne.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 33' 13.0" S
-72.55361°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
68° 25' 13.0" E
68.42028°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)
Source Identifier:
E133_CIR_432_1X
Source Scale:
1:30000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
27-Nov-1973

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