Name details

Walsh Glacier

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 562

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 into the Tomilin Glacier in Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after G. Walsh, biologist at Hallett station in the summer of 1968-69.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 32' 25.0" S
-69.54028°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
158° 52' 54.0" E
158.88167°
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 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:
31-Jul-1972

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