Name details

Gillett Ice Shelf

Gillett Ice Shelf (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Gillett Ice Shelf  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 727

Feature type: Ice shelf

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

An ice shelf on the coast of Oates Land. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. Named after Cmdr. C.R. Gillett, USCG, who served on the icebreaker Burton Island from December 1966 until June 1968, and as Ships Operations Officer on the staff of the Naval Support Force, Antarctica, from June 1968 until May 1970.

Named For

Cmdr. C.R. Gillett, USCG

Location

Latitude:
69° 33' 00.0" S
-69.55000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
159° 39' 00.0" E
159.65000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Landsat Image
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id L7_071_109b not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Jul-1972

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