Aviator Glacier Tongue

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

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

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Place ID: 695
Name ID: 139769

Feature type: Tongue

Origin

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:

Narrative

The seaward extension of Aviator Glacier into the Ross Sea, dividing Wood Bay and Lady Newnes Bay along the coast of Victoria Land.

Named For

The name was recommended by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Aviator Glacier.

Location

Latitude:
74° 00' 00.0" S
-74.00000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
165° 50' 00.0" E
165.83333°
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Altitude:
39 m
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Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018
Source Identifier:
101001000560F400
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
14-Nov-1967

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