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)
Saturn Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Saturn 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 E into George VI Sound between Two Step Cliffs and Citadel Bastion, Alexander Island, was seen from the air by Ellsworth, 23 November 1935; roughly surveyed by BGLE in October 1936 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); photographed from the air by RARE in 1947 and further surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1949; in association with the names of the planets grouped in this area, named after Saturn ([in 71°59'S 68°45'W] APC, 1955, p.18; USHO chart 6638, 1956; [co-ordinates corrected] DOS 610 sheet W7168, 1960; APC, 1977, p.29); mapped over its length by FIDS in 1959 from RARE air photographs. Lednik Saturn (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Lednik Satern (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24).
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