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Matthes, Glaciar (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Matthes, Glaciar (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier (12)
This name originates from Chile. It is part of the Chile Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Fue descubierto por Sir Hubert Wilkins durante un vuelo del 20 de diciembre de 1928 y fotografiado desde el aire por el USAS en 1940. Fue cartografiado por el FIDS en 1947. El nombre corresponde al apellido de François E. Matthes, glaciólogo y geólogo jefe del U.S. Geological Survey. Glaciar de unas 9 millas de largo, que fluye hacia la ensenada Whirlwind entre los glaciares Demorest y Chamberlin, en la costa E de la península Tierra de O'Higgins.
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