True Glacier

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

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

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Place ID: 15002
Name ID: 132913

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 glacier on the W side of Bear Peninsula, flowing SW into Dotson Ice Shelf S of Hunt Bluff, on the Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from USN aerial photographs taken in 1966. Named by US-ACAN in 1977 after Lawrence E. True, USN radioman who to that time had served in three deployments of OpDFrz.

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Location

Latitude:
74° 38' 00.0" S
-74.63333°
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Longitude:
111° 45' 00.0" W
-111.75000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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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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