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)
Yamato Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Yamato 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 glacier about 6 mi wide, flowing W between Mount Fukushima and Mount Eyskens in the Queen Fabiola Mountains. Discovered by the BelgAE under Guido Derom, Oct. 7, 1960, and named after an old name of the peninsula of Honshu. Yamato is the symbol of the political unity and the national consciousness of the Japanese people. In November-December 1960, a Japanese field party reached this area and carried out geodetic and other scientific work.
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