Graveson Glacier

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

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

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Place ID: 5617
Name ID: 125892

Feature type: Glacier (12)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A broad north-flowing tributary to the Lillie Glacier, draining that portion of the Bowers Mountains between the Posey Range and the southern part of Explorers Range. The feature is fed by several lesser tributaries and enters Lillie Glacier via Flensing Icefalls. Named by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1963-64, for F. Graveson, mining engineer, who wintered at Scott Base in 1963 and was field assistant on this expedition.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
71° 00' 00.0" S
-71.00000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
163° 45' 00.0" E
163.75000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

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Graveson Glacier
-71,163.75
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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:
1-Jan-1964

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