Name details

Porter Ice Shelf

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 735

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.

Narrative

An ice shelf with an area of about 100 square km adjoining Amundsen Bay off the Sakellari Peninsula in Enderby Land.

Named For

Named after the Pilatus Porter aircraft which performed a significant amount of survey and logistics work in the area.

Location

Latitude:
67° 00' 00.0" S
-67.00000°
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Longitude:
49° 19' 59.9" E
49.33330°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
26-Jul-1983

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