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King Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
King 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 and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Glacier about 25 km long and 2.5 km wide flowing east from Dana Mountains, south of Galan Ridge, into New Bedford Inlet between Mount Cummings and Court Nunatak. Named for Professor John King (b. 1955), meteorologist at British Antarctic Survey from 1984. Head of Meteorology 1988-1999, Principal Investigator and Science Leader for Climate Processes 1999-2018, Senior Atmospheric Scientist from 2018. Honorary Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, from 2018. Member of the International Commission on Polar Meteorology of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences. The name continues an established naming theme of Antarctic meteorologists in this area.
Named for Professor John King (b. 1955), meteorologist at British Antarctic Survey from 1984. Head of Meteorology 1988-1999, Principal Investigator and Science Leader for Climate Processes 1999-2018, Senior Atmospheric Scientist from 2018. Honorary Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, from 2018. Member of the International Commission on Polar Meteorology of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences.
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