Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/17249
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMackenzie GlacierU.S. Board on Geographic Names   
PlaceType Glacier 
Latitude 64° 16' 58.8" S (-64.283°)  
Longitude 62° 19' 58.8" W (-62.333°)  
Source U.S. Board on Geographic Names, available online at http://geonames.usgs.gov
Notes Belgica information (en): Glacier 4 mi long flowing eastward from Mount Parry to join Malpighi Glacier at the E coast of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First roughly charted by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under Gerlache. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the UK-APC for Sir James Mackenzie (1853-1925), English physician and pioneer of studies of heart disease. http://geonames.usgs.gov    
Relation 
Part of  Brabant Island (Island)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2007-12-17 08:38:19 by De Hauwere Nathalie
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