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)
Ninnis Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Ninnis 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, descending steeply into the sea from the high interior of George V Land. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after Lieut. B.E.S. Ninnis, RF, a member of the expedition, who lost his life during the far-east sledge journey.
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