Name details

Tingey Glacier

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 547

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 small glacier at the southern end of the Mawson Escarpment, about 98 km south of Barkell Platform. Photographed by ANARE in 1956 and 1960.

Named For

Named after Robert J. Tingey, geologist with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey parties in 1970, 1971 and 1972.

Location

Latitude:
73° 33' 41.0" S
-73.56139°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
68° 21' 29.0" E
68.35806°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E133_CIR_432_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
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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