Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/17273
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishTalbot GlacierU.S. Board on Geographic Names   
PlaceType Glacier 
Latitude 65° 15' 0" S (-65.25°)  
Longitude 63° 12' 57.6" W (-63.216°)  
Source U.S. Board on Geographic Names, available online at http://geonames.usgs.gov
Notes Belgica information (en): Glacier flowing into Etienne Fjord, Flandres Bay, on the W coast of Graham Land. First charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for William H.F. Talbot (1800-77), English inventor of the first practical photographic process on paper, perfected and called calotype in 1839-41. http://geonames.usgs.gov    
Relations 
Part of  Graham Land (Peninsula)  [view hierarchy]   
Flows into  Étienne Fjord (Fjord)  [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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