SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Snedeker Glacier

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

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

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Place ID: 13565
Name ID: 440

Feature type: Glacier

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Snedeker Glacier (Russia)
Snedeker Glacier (United States of America)

Narrative

A glacier on the Knox Coast of Wilkes Land about 19 km west of Merritt Island. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump and named after R.H. Snedeker, who served with USN Operation Windmill (1947-48) on this coast.

Named For

R.H. Snedeker, who served with USN Operation Windmill (1947-48)

Location

Latitude:

66° 27' 14.0" S

-66.45389°

Accurate to 200m

Longitude:

106° 42' 55.4" E

106.71539°

Accurate to 200m

Altitude:

Not recorded

Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:

Satellite Image

Source Name:

Australian Antarctic Territory Coastline 2003

Source Identifier:

AAT_Coastline_2003

Source Scale:

1:25000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

Geoscience Australia and Australian Antarctic Division

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

22-Oct-1968

Related information

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