Prince of Wales Glacier

Prince of Wales Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Prince of Wales Glacier  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 11618
Name ID: 114154

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 glacier about 20 miles long, on the north west side of Mt Markham, in the Queen Elizabeth Range, forming an access route from the Marsh to the Nimrod Glaciers. Named by the Northern Party of the NZGSAE, 1961-62, for the Prince of Wales.

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Location

Latitude:
82° 44' 00.0" S
-82.73333°
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Longitude:
160° 10' 00.0" E
160.16667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
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Date approved:
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