Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Torlegård Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Torlegård 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.
6 km long glacier to the east of Mount Wilcox, flowing north-west into Square Bay, Fallières Coast, Graham Land. Named after Kennert Torlegård (1937-2016) Professor of Photogrammetry at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, 1974-2001. He played an important role in the development of photogrammetric data capture for Digital Elevation Models in the 1980s. Secretary General of International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 1984-88 and president 1988-92. Chair of the ISPRS working group on data capture for Digital Elevation Models 1980-84.
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