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'''Stancomb-Wills Glacier''' ({{ |
'''Stancomb-Wills Glacier''' ({{coord|75|18|S|19|0|W|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title}}) is a large ] that ] into eastern ] southward of ]. The glacier was discovered in the course of the ] LC-130 plane flight over the coast on ], ], and was plotted by ] (USGS) from photographs obtained at that time. The name was applied by the ] (US-ACAN) in 1969. | ||
The '''Stancomb-Wills Glacier Tongue''' ({{ |
The '''Stancomb-Wills Glacier Tongue''' ({{coord|75|0|S|22|0|W|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title}}) is the extensive seaward projection of the Stancomb-Wills Glacier into the eastern Weddell Sea. The cliffed front of this feature was discovered in January 1915 by a British expedition led by Shackleton. He named it "Stancomb-Wills Promontory," after Dame ], one of the principal donors of the expedition. In 1969, US-ACAN amended the name to "Stancomb-Wills Glacier Tongue". This followed the U.S. Navy flight on which the glacier was discovered and the relationship with the glacier tongue was first observed. | ||
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Stancomb-Wills Glacier (75°18′S 19°0′W / 75.300°S 19.000°W / -75.300; -19.000) is a large glacier that debouches into eastern Weddell Sea southward of Lyddan Island. The glacier was discovered in the course of the U.S. Navy LC-130 plane flight over the coast on November 5, 1967, and was plotted by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from photographs obtained at that time. The name was applied by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1969.
The Stancomb-Wills Glacier Tongue (75°0′S 22°0′W / 75.000°S 22.000°W / -75.000; -22.000{{#coordinates:}}: cannot have more than one primary tag per page) is the extensive seaward projection of the Stancomb-Wills Glacier into the eastern Weddell Sea. The cliffed front of this feature was discovered in January 1915 by a British expedition led by Shackleton. He named it "Stancomb-Wills Promontory," after Dame Janet Stancomb-Wills, one of the principal donors of the expedition. In 1969, US-ACAN amended the name to "Stancomb-Wills Glacier Tongue". This followed the U.S. Navy flight on which the glacier was discovered and the relationship with the glacier tongue was first observed.
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