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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/17250 |
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| English | Malpighi Glacier | U.S. Board on Geographic Names |
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Glacier |
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64° 15' 57.6" S (-64.266°) |
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62° 16' 58.8" W (-62.283°) |
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U.S. Board on Geographic Names, available online at http://geonames.usgs.gov |
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Belgica information (en): Glacier 5 mi long and 1 mi wide, flowing SE from Harvey Heights to join Mackenzie 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 Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694), Italian physiologist and pioneer histologist who first demonstrated the existence of the blood capillaries. http://geonames.usgs.gov |
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Last edited on 2007-12-17 08:38:19 by De Hauwere Nathalie
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