Feature Name (see definition): Leppard Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 8737

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 65° 58' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 062° 30' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.9666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.5

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963

Description (see definition): A large valley glacier draining E into Scar Inlet, to the N of Ishmael Peak, on the E coast of Graham Land. First seen from the air and photographed in part by Sir Hubert Wilkins on Dec. 20, 1928. The glacier was surveyed by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955. It is now clear that, on the photographic evidence of his outward flight, Wilkins gave the name "Crane Channel" to this glacier, and that on his return flight he photographed what is now accepted as Crane Glacier (q.v.), perhaps thinking that it was the same feature. Since Crane Glacier has been retained for the northern of these glaciers photographed by Wilkins, the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) has named this feature for Norman A.G. Leppard, assistant surveyor with Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who surveyed this area in 1955.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data