Chaos Glacier

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

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

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Place ID: 2512
Name ID: 468

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 flowing into Ranvik Bay on the Ingrid Christensen Coast. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). Photographed by USN Operation Highjump and ANARE. Named by Dr J H Roscoe, after his 1952 study of Op Highjump air photos, due to the disturbed nature of the glacier. Dr Roscoe was photogrammetrist with USN Op Highjump (1946-47) and USN Op Windmill (1947-48).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 59' 45.0" S
-68.99583°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
77° 59' 38.0" E
77.99389°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1997
Catalogue id
2283D2
Caption
[Location needs confirming]
Photographer
Houlahan, Darren

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E152_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
18-May-1971

Related information

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