Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Amos Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Amos Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A glacier flowing southeast from Bettle Peak for approximately 7.5km to a juncture with the Blue Glacier, southeast of Hannon Hill, in Victoria Land. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MF10
Named in 1992 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Larry Leon Amos, civil engineer, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Member of the USGS two man astronomic surveying team to South Pole Station and Byrd Station in the 1969-70 field season. Among other work, the team established the position of the Geographic South Pole (previously done 1956) and established a tie to the Byrd Ice Strain net which had been under study for several years.
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