This page presents the geographical name data for
Dale 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):
Dale Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
3460
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
78° 17' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
162° 02' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-78.2833333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
162.0333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1963
Description
(see definition):
A trenchlike glacier which drains the SW slopes of Mount Huggins in the Royal Society Range and flows W into Skelton Glacier. First visited by Brooke and Gunn of the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), 1956-58. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1963 for Lieutenant Commander Robert L. Dale, U.S. Navy (USN), officer in charge of the Squadron VX-6 wintering-over detachment at McMurdo Station in 1960.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Dale 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
Dale Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Dale Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.