Piglet Glacier

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

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

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Place ID: 20444
Name ID: 140424

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

Formerly a tributary glacier feeding into Pine Island Glacier. It became unbuttressed as the Pine Island Glacier calving front location has retreated inland, and the tributary flows directly into the ocean.

Named For

Named in association with Pine Island Glacier, commonly referred to as PIG.

Location

Latitude:
75° 13' 39.0" S
-75.22750°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
101° 26' 11.0" W
-101.43639°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Ice velocity
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
1:1:3000001
Source Institution:
UK Antarctic Place-names Committee
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
10-Apr-2022

Related information

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