Williamson Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Williamson Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier
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:
A glacier, about 57 km long, flowing north-easterly into the sea in the south-east part of Law Dome, Budd Coast. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). The upper valley of the glacier was crossed by an ANARE glaciological and geophysical party in 1970. Named by USACAN after J. Williamson, gunner on the sloop Vincennes, one of the ships of the US Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Lieut. (later Rear Adm.) C. Wilkes, USN.
J. Williamson, gunner on the sloop Vincennes
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