Feature Name (see definition): Amos Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 363

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 49' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 163° 39' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.8166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 163.65

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1992

Description (see definition): A glacier, 3 mi long, flowing SE from Bettle Peak to a juncture with the Blue Glacier SE of Hannon Hill, in Victoria Land. Named in 1992 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Larry Leon Amos, civil engineer, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); member of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) two man astronomic surveying team to South Pole Station and Byrd Station in the 1969-70 field season. Among other work, the team established the position of the Geographic South Pole (previously done 1956) and established a tie to the Byrd Ice Strain net which had been under study for several years.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data