Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Helava Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Helava Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
2 km long glacier flowing south between Pygoscelis Point and Nelly Point, directly south of The Cornet, Elephant Island. Named after Uuno (Uki) Vilho Helava (1923-1994). Developed the concepts underlying modern photogrammetry in the late 1950s and implemented these in both early analytical stereo-plotters and the first complete digital photogrammetry workstation 1982-85. Founded Helava Asssociates (1979) where he developed widely used photogrammetric instruments and software in association with Leica and BAe Systems.
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