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)
Jelbart Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Jelbart 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 broad glacier flowing northwards into the sea 15-19 km west of the Stanton Group. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition in January-February, 1937, and called Utstikkarbreen (The Projecting Glacier). Visited by the ANARE western sledging party in August, 1954, led by Robert Dovers.
Renamed in honour of J.E. Jelbart of ANARE, who was drowned at Maudheim on 24 February, 1951, while serving as Australian Observer with the Norwegian-British-Swedish Expedition.
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