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)
Laizure Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Laizure Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier (12)
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:
A broad glacier that enters the sea immediately W of Drake Head, Oates Coast. The glacier was roughly plotted by Australia from USN Operation Highjump photography, 1946-47, and from photographs and other data obtained by ANARE, 1959-62. It was mapped in detail by USGS from surveys and USN photography, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. (j.g.) David H. Laizure, USN, navigator on LC-130 aircraft during Operation Deep Freeze 1968.
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