Stockholm Glacier

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

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

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Place ID: 20429
Name ID: 140290

Feature type: Glacier

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Glacier about 110 km long, flowing from the area between Executive Committee Range and Crary Mountains into Getz Ice Shelf, between Siple Island and Carney Island.

Named For

Named for the approval in Stockholm (2014) of the 5th Assessment Report of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group 1 (Physical Science Basis). Part of a naming theme in this area of the locations of major climate treaties, conferences and reports.

Location

Latitude:
74° 50' 24.0" S
-74.84000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
120° 12' 00.0" W
-120.20000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Landsat-8 image courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey
Source Identifier:
https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
Source Scale:
1:30 m resolution
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
UK APC
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
14-Jun-2021

Related information

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