Nemesis Glacier

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

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

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Place ID: 10150
Name ID: 489

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 small glacier flowing through the centre of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered in January, 1957, by the ANARE southern party led by William G. Bewsher. Named after Homer''s Nemesis.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
70° 36' 00.0" S
-70.60000°
Accurate to 150m
Longitude:
67° 05' 00.0" E
67.08333°
Accurate to 150m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)
Source Identifier:
E132_CIR_432_1X
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
22-Jul-1957

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