Feature Name (see definition): Sowers Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 18886

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 78° 37' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 084° 59' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -78.6166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -84.9833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 11/01/2006

Description (see definition): A glacier that flows from the prominent cirque on the E side of Craddock Massif and continues between Willis Ridge and Mount Osborne into Thomas Glacier, in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2006) after Todd A. Sowers, Environment Institute, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University; U.S. Antarctic Project (USAP) investigator of climate change and abrupt climate change, using isotopes and atmospheric gases, including greenhouse gases, from the ice core record, 1991-2006.

Date Created (see definition): 08/07/2007

Date Edited (see definition): No data