Name details

McLeod Glacier

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 591

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 flowing northwards into Davies Bay, Oates Land, between Stanwix Ridge and Arthurson Ridge. Plotted from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). The first landing was made at nearby Stanwix Ridge by an airborne field party from the ANARE Expedition on the Magga Dan, 1961 led by Phillip Law. Named after I.R. McLeod, geologist with the expedition and leader of the field party.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 20' 58.2" S
-69.34950°
Accurate to 150m
Longitude:
158° 24' 32.6" E
158.40907°
Accurate to 150m
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:
LIMA E103_CIR_432_1X
Source Scale:
1:25000
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:
24-Nov-1961

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