Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Richter Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Richter 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 low gradient coastal glacier 18km west of Scott Nunataks on the north side of King Edward VII Land. The feature saddles with the Butler Glacier and flows north-northwest to the sea where it forms a small tongue.
The glacier and tongue are depicted on the map of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE), 1928-30. The map indicates that the landing party from the Kainan Maru (Shirase) traversed up this glacier to the summit of Scott Nunataks in January 1912. The glacier was mapped in detail by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Gregory S. Richter, meteorologist and scientific leader of the Byrd Station winter party in 1968.
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