Apfel Glacier

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

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

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Place ID: 441
Name ID: 572

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 just south of Bunger Hills, Knox Coast, Wilkes Land. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 21' 29.0" S
-66.35806°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
100° 43' 15.0" E
100.72083°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1999
Catalogue id
3766D1
Caption
Ice slope between Apfel Glacier and Bunger Hills
Photographer
Shevlin, James

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E164_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
22-Oct-1968

Related information

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