Feature Name (see definition): Comrie Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3011

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 65° 48' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 064° 20' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.8

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.3333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1955

Description (see definition): Glacier 13 mi long, flowing W to enter the head of Bigo Bay on the W coast of Graham Land. First sighted and roughly surveyed by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE) in 1909. Resurveyed in 1935-36 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), and later named for Leslie J. Comrie, founder and first Dir. of the Scientific Computing Service Ltd., London, who, as Supt. of the Nautical Almanac Office in 1934, greatly assisted the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, by providing advance copies of the Nautical Almanac up to 1937.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data