Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/22823
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishNorsk Polarinstitutt GlacierFederaal wetenschapsbeleid (2008). Four maps representing Belgian toponyms in Antarctica. [S.n.]: [s.l.]. (look up in IMIS)   
FrenchGlacier Norsk PolarinstituttFederaal wetenschapsbeleid (2008). Four maps representing Belgian toponyms in Antarctica. [S.n.]: [s.l.]. (look up in IMIS)   
DutchNorsk Polarinstitutt GletsjerFederaal wetenschapsbeleid (2008). Four maps representing Belgian toponyms in Antarctica. [S.n.]: [s.l.]. (look up in IMIS)   
PlaceType Glacier 
Latitude 72° 34' 0" S (-72.56666°)  
Longitude 31° 15' 0" E (31.25°)  
Source Federaal wetenschapsbeleid (2008). Four maps representing Belgian toponyms in Antarctica. [S.n.]: [s.l.]. (look up in IMIS)
Notes Belgica information (en): Glacier flowing from north-east to south-west in the Belgica Mountains in Eastern Dronning Maud Land and dividing it in two parts. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-1958, under Gaston de Gerlache, who named it for the Norsk Polarinstitutt in Oslo.    
Belgica information (fr): Glacier s’écoulant du nord-est vers le sud-ouest puis divisé en deux parties dans les Monts Belgica, dans la zone orientale de la Terre de la Reine Maud Découvert par l’expédition antarctique belge de 1957-1958, sous le commandement de Gaston de Gerlache et baptisé en l’honneur du Norsk Polarinstitutt d’Oslo.    
Belgica information (nl): Gletsjer van noordoost naar zuidwest stromend in de Belgica Bergen in Oost Dronning Maud Land en het in twee delen verdelend. Ontdekt door de Belgische Antarctica expeditie 1957-1958, onder leiding van Gaston de Gerlache en genoemd naar de Norsk Polarinstitutt van Oslo.     
Relation 
Part of  Belgica Mountains (Mountain range)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2010-08-02 13:44:03 by Renders Daan
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