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)
Sandford Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Sandford 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 channel glacier flowing to the E side of Porpoise Bay, about 25 mi SSW of Cape Morse. Delineated from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by US-ACAN for Joseph P. Sandford, Passed Midshipman on the brig Porpoise of the USEE (1838-42) under Wilkes.
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