Poulter Glacier

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

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

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Place ID: 11530
Name ID: 140096

Feature type: Glacier

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

A tributary glacier draining eastward along the south flank of the Rawson Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains to enter Scott Glacier.

Named For

Discovered by the geological party of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE), 1933-35, and named by Byrd for Thomas C. Poulter, second in command of the expedition.

Location

Latitude:
86° 49' 59.9" S
-86.83330°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
153° 30' 00.0" W
-153.50000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
2048 m
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 27_29 release 1.1
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:
19-Dec-2019

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