Brier Icefalls

Brier Icefalls (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Brier Icefalls  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 17450
Name ID: 135904

Feature type: None recorded.

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

Icefalls about 150 m high and 5 mi wide at the E side of Vantage Hill in Britannia Range. Named after Frank Brier of the Office of Polar Programs, NSF, Facilities, Engineering and Construction Program Manager for renovation of facilities at McMurdo and for South Pole Station Modernization, 1995-2001.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
80° 15' 00.0" S
-80.25000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
155° 36' 00.0" E
155.60000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-2001

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