Feature Name (see definition): Jacobel Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 18350

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
77° 44' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
148° 17' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.7333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -148.2833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/2003

Description (see definition): Glacier about 30 mi long draining to the Sulzberger Ice Shelf S of Hershey Ridge. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Robert W. Jacobel, faculty, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, Antarctic researcher from the 1980s to the present; research interests include the combination of ground based radar and ice core studies in West Antarctica.

Date Created (see definition): 01/31/2003

Date Edited (see definition): No data