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Feature Name (see definition): Silk Glacier Feature Class (see definition): Glacier Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 13827 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 81° 09' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 158° 55' 00" E Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -81.15 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 158.9166667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965 Description (see definition): A glacier, 10 mi long, draining the E slopes of the Churchill Mountains between Mount Frost and Mount Zinkovich to enter Nursery Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Cdt. P.R.H. Silk, Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), commanding officer of HMNZS Endeavour II in Antarctic waters, 1963-64. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Silk Glacier in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Silk Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Silk Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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