Shoemaker Glacier

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

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

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Place ID: 13207
Name ID: 131559

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.

Narrative

A tributary glacier in the Southern Cross Mountains, flowing E along the S side of Daley Hills to Aviator Glacier, in Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN after Lt. (later Captain) Brian H. Shoemaker, USN, helicopter pilot with Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station, 1967.

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Location

Latitude:
73° 47' 00.0" S
-73.78333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
164° 45' 00.0" E
164.75000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1969

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