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Feature Name (see definition): Gain Glacier Feature Class (see definition): Glacier Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 5422 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 71° 01' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 061° 25' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -71.0166667 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -61.4166667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1976 Description (see definition): A large glacier on the E coast of Palmer Land, flowing NE from Cat Ridge and entering the Weddell Sea between Imshaug Peninsula and Morency Island. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Louis Gain, naturalist on the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, author of several of the expedition reports on zoology and botany. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Gain 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 Gain Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Gain Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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