Telemeter Glacier
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Telemeter Glacier is a small glacier
1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Fireman Glacier
in the west part of Quartermain Mountains
, Victoria Land
, Antarctica. The name is one of a group in the area associated with surveying
applied in 1993 by New Zealand Geographic Board
(NZGB); telemeter
being an instrument used to ascertain ranges and distances.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Fireman Glacier
Fireman Glacier
Fireman Glacier is a glacier in the west part of Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land, flowing northwest into Cassidy Glacier. Named in 1992 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Edward L. Fireman Fireman Glacier is a glacier in the west part of Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land,...
in the west part of Quartermain Mountains
Quartermain Mountains
Quartermain Mountains is a group of exposed mountains, about 20 miles long, typical of ice-free features of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land, located south of Taylor Glacier and bounded by Finger Mountain, Mount Handsley, Mount Feather and Tabular Mountain; also including Knobhead, Terra...
, Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
, Antarctica. The name is one of a group in the area associated with surveying
Surveying
See Also: Public Land Survey SystemSurveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them...
applied in 1993 by New Zealand Geographic Board
New Zealand Geographic Board
The New Zealand Geographic Board is constituted under the New Zealand Geographic Board Act 2008, formerly under the New Zealand Geographic Board Act 1946. Although an independent institution, it is responsible to the Minister for Land Information...
(NZGB); telemeter
Telemeter
A telemeter is a device used to remotely measure a quantity. Telemeters are generally the physical devices used in telemetry. Electronic devices are widely used in telemetry and can be wireless or hard-wired, analog or digital...
being an instrument used to ascertain ranges and distances.