Aster Glacier

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

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

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Place ID: 18235
Name ID: 135870

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 descending the E slope of Craddock Massif and flowing between Elfring Peak and Willis Ridge into Thomas Glacier in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Named by US-ACAN (2006) after Richard C. Aster, geophysicist, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, involved in seismic studies at the Mount Erebus volcano observatory on Ross Island, 1996-2002.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
78° 35' 00.0" S
-78.58333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
85° 00' 00.0" W
-85.00000°
Unknown precision
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-2006

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