This page presents the geographical name data for
Oakley Glacier in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division
Feature Name
(see definition):
Oakley Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
10953
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
73° 42' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
166° 08' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-73.7
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
166.1333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1969
Description
(see definition):
A glacier in the Mountaineer Range that descends east from Mount Casey to merge with the floating tongue from the Icebreaker Glacier at Lady Newnes Bay, in Victoria Land. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Donald C. Oakley, U.S. Navy (USN), Protestant chaplain with the winter party at McMurdo Station, 1967.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Oakley 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
Oakley Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Oakley Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.