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)
Sandford Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Sandford 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 flowing westward into the eastern side of Porpoise Bay, Banzare Coast. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after Joseph P. Sandeford, passed midshipman on the brig Porpoise of the US Exploring Expedition (1838-42).
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