Hawkins Glacier

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

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

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Place ID: 6127
Name ID: 444

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:

Narrative

A glacier on the Knox Coast of Wilkes Land about 19 km WNW of Underwood Glacier. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and named by USACAN after S.N. Hawkins, sailmaker on the sloop Vincennes of the United States Exploring Expedition (1938-42) under Wilkes.

Named For

S.N. Hawkins, sailmaker on the sloop Vincennes, USEE (1938-42)

Location

Latitude:
66° 32' 17.6" S
-66.53822°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
107° 28' 42.1" E
107.47836°
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

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