Dålk Glacier

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

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

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Place ID: 3269
Name ID: 460

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 in the Ingrid Christensen Coast, just east of the Larsemann Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and ANARE.

Named For

Named by Dr J H Roscoe, after his 1952 study of Op Highjump air photos, from a nearby island called Dalkxy by the Norwegian cartographers. Dr Roscoe was photogrammetrist with Op Highjump and USN Op Windmill (1947-48).

Location

Latitude:
69° 25' 34.0" S
-69.42611°
Accurate to 25m
Longitude:
76° 28' 20.0" E
76.47222°
Accurate to 25m
Altitude:
93 m
Accurate to 10m

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1987
Catalogue id
2509A5
Photographer
Sayers, John (Jack)

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Larsemann Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Lars25K
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
18-May-1971

Related information

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