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Paris Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Paris 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 Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Glacier about 50 km long, the western of three glaciers flowing from west of Kohler Range into Getz Ice Shelf, between Scott Peninsula and Wright Island.
Named for the Paris Agreement, a binding International Treaty within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It was agreed at COP21 in Paris, 2015. Part of a naming theme in this area of the locations of major climate treaties, conferences and reports.
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