Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Athene Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Athene Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
flowing SE into Casey Inlet, Wilkins Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDS on 14 August 1947 and by RARE on 22 December 1947; surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in November 1960 and named after Athene, daughter of Zeus and goddess of the city of Athens, in association with other names in this area taken from Greek mythology (APC, 1962, p. 4; DOS 610 sheet W 68 64, 1963).
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