Farmer Glacier is a glacier at the southern end of the Surveyors Range in Antarctica, flowing northwest into Starshot Glacier between Mount McKerrow to the north and Thompson Mountain to the south. It was named in honor of D. W. Farmer, a technician on the geomagnetic project who served on the 1960 Cape Hallett winter-over team. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Glaciation via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Farmer Glacier
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Farmer Glacier
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1. Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty: Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
Secretariat of the Antarctic TreatyArticle 2Quote, Article 2
It designates Antarctica as a “natural reserve, devoted to peace and science” (Art. 2).
Farmer Glacier (Wikipedia)
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Farmer Glacier (81°47′S 159°48′E) is a glacier flowing north west into Starshot Glacier, and located between Mount McKerrow to the north and Thompson Mountain to the south, at the southern end of the Surveyors Range in Antarctica.
Wikidata: Farmer Glacier
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