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)
Hovde Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Hovde Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier
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:
A small glacier on the Ingrid Christensen Coast just east of Amanda Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936). Called Hovde Ice Tongue by Dr. J.H Roscoe in 1952 following his study of air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Dr. Roscoe was photogrammetrist with Operation Highjump and USN Operation Windmill (1947-48).
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