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)
Posadowsky Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Posadowsky 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 glacier just east of Gaussberg in Wilhelm II Land. Mapped and photographed from the summit of Gaussberg by the German Antarctic Expedition (1901-03) under Drygalski. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named after Count Arthur Posadowsky-Wehner, German Imperial Home Secretary, who secured a government grant for Drygalski's expedition.
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