Denton Glacier

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

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

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Place ID: 3531
Name ID: 113135

Feature type: Glacier (12)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A hanging glacier on the south wall of the Wright Valley to the northeast of Goodspeed Glacier, flowing for approximately 4.5km northwest from Mount Newall. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME09

Named For

Named by US Deep Freeze III, 1956-57, for George Denton of Winchester, Mass. USA, a geological assistant to Robert Nichols in Antarctica in the 1958-59 season under US-IGY (International Geophysical Year) auspices.

Location

Latitude:
77° 28' 45.6" S
-77.47934°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
162° 37' 39.2" E
162.62756°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
937 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 17_35 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
24-May-1961

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