Name details

Gotley Glacier

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 617

Feature type: Glacier

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer.

Narrative

A glacier flowing from Big Ben to the south west Coast on Heard Island. The feature was named after Aubrey V Gotley, Meteorologist and Officer-in-Charge, 1948 ANARE Heard Island Expedition. The name was proposed by the 1948 ANARE.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
53° 09' 50.0" S
-53.16389°
Accurate to 50m
Longitude:
73° 28' 21.0" E
73.47250°
Accurate to 50m
Altitude:
500 m
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1971
Catalogue id
1874A2
Caption
On Gotley Glacier
Photographer
Budd, Grahame M

Map

Source

Location Method:
Georeferenced Satellite Image
Source Name:
World View 23/3/2008 Satellite Cat ID 1958
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id Satellite Cat ID 1958 not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:10000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Worldview
Remote sensing:
World View 23/3/2008 Satellite Cat ID 1958 Altitude is at the higher point on the glacier not the name location

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
21-Oct-1952

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