SPRI library catalogue
View a record
Please note: You are viewing the legacy database of the Scott Polar Research Institute Library catalogue. It is no longer being updated, so does not reliably reflect our current library holdings.
Please search for material in iDiscover for up-to-date information about the library collection.
Record #42888:
Antarctic nomenclature shortened by the board on geographic names / Fred G. Alberts.
Title: | Antarctic nomenclature shortened by the board on geographic names / Fred G. Alberts. |
Author(s): | Alberts, Fred G. |
Date: | 1966. |
In: | Antarctic Journal of the United States. (1966.), Vol. 1(6) (1966) |
Abstract: | The names of thirty-two geographic features previously designated by both Christian name and surname were shortened. New names included Adams Glacier for John Quincy Adams Glacier, Byrd Land for Marie Byrd Land, Cook Ice Shelf for Joseph Cook Bay, Ford Ranges for Edsel Ford Ranges, Ronne Ice Shelf for Edith Ronne Land, and Scott Glacier for Robert Scott Glacier. |
Notes: | Antarctic Journal of the United States. Vol. 1(6) :275-276 (1966). |
Keywords: | 801.311 -- Place-names. S -- Literature and Language. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. |
SPRI record no.: | 42888 |
LDR 01074naa#a2200000#a#4500 001 SPRI-42888 005 20240417205125.0 007 ta 008 240417s1966####xx####|##|###|0||#0|eng#d 035 ## ‡aSPRI-42888 040 ## ‡aUkCU-P‡beng‡eaacr 100 1# ‡aAlberts, Fred G. 245 10 ‡aAntarctic nomenclature shortened by the board on geographic names /‡cFred G. Alberts. 260 ## ‡a[S.l.] :‡b[s.n.],‡c1966. 300 ## ‡ap. 275-276. 500 ## ‡aAntarctic Journal of the United States. Vol. 1(6) :275-276 (1966). 520 3# ‡aThe names of thirty-two geographic features previously designated by both Christian name and surname were shortened. New names included Adams Glacier for John Quincy Adams Glacier, Byrd Land for Marie Byrd Land, Cook Ice Shelf for Joseph Cook Bay, Ford Ranges for Edsel Ford Ranges, Ronne Ice Shelf for Edith Ronne Land, and Scott Glacier for Robert Scott Glacier. 650 07 ‡a801.311 -- Place-names.‡2udc 650 07 ‡aS -- Literature and Language.‡2local 651 #7 ‡a(*7) -- Antarctic regions.‡2udc 773 0# ‡7nnas ‡tAntarctic Journal of the United States. ‡gVol. 1(6) (1966) ‡wSPRI-41791 917 ## ‡aUnenhanced record from Muscat, imported 2019 948 3# ‡a20240417