Franca Glacier is a glacier in Antarctica flowing northeast into the head of Solberg Inlet on the Bowman Coast, south of Houser Peak. It was photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service in 1940 and by the U.S. Navy in 1966, surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey between 1946 and 1948, and named in 1977 for Fernando E. Franca, a medical officer and station manager at Palmer Station in 1974. 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: Franca 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: Franca 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).
Franca Glacier (Wikipedia)
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Franca Glacier (68°23′S 65°34′W) named after Fernando E. Franca, is a glacier in Antarctica, flowing northeast into the head of Solberg Inlet, Bowman Coast, to the south of Houser Peak.
Wikidata: Franca Glacier
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