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)
Touchdown Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Touchdown 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 tributary of the Darwin Glacier flowing between Bastion Hill and Roadend Nunatak in the Brown Hills. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MM06
Discovered by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1962-63). So named because the glacier was used as a landing site for aircraft supporting the expedition.
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