Feature Name (see definition): Andersen Creek

Feature Class (see definition): Stream

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 17343

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 37' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 162° 54' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.6166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 162.9

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1996

Description (see definition): Meltwater stream, 1,500 m long, flowing SW along the E side of Canada Glacier into the NE corner of Lake Hoare in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1996 after Dale T. Andersen, NASA limnologist, who established the camp at the base of the stream in 1978 and has conducted limnological studies in the area from that time. He participated in the first scuba diving investigations in lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys.

Date Created (see definition): 09/22/1998

Date Edited (see definition): No data