Comrie Glacier

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flowing W into Bigo Bay, Graham Coast, was roughly surveyed by FAE, 1908-10 (Charcot, 1912, Pl. 3), and further surveyed by BGLE in 1935-36 (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.400); in association with the names of pioneers of documentation grouped in this area, named after Dr Leslie John Comrie (1893-1950), Superintendent, Nautical Almanac Office, 1930-36, who contributed to modern methods of computing and who assisted BGLE by providing advance copies of the Nautical Almanac up to 1937; Founder and first Director, Scientific Computing Service Ltd, London (APC, 1955, p.7; USHO chart 6639, 1955; DOS 610 sheet W 65 64, 1959); photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Lednik Komri (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Glaciar Comrie (Chile. DNH chart 1502, 1962; IHA, 1974, p.81).