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)
Byrd Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Byrd 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 very large glacier, about 190 km long, draining an extensive area and discharging into the Ross Ice Shelf at Barne Inlet. Explored by Messrs Ayres and Carlyon of the NZ party of the TAE (1956-58) Named by NZAPC after Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd, USN.
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