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Huron Glacier: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Huron 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): Huron Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 7197

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 62° 38' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 060° 02' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.6333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -60.0333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1960

Description (see definition): Glacier flowing into Moon Bay, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 after the American ship Huron (Captain John Davis) of New Haven, CT, which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21 and 1821-22.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Huron 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 Huron Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Huron Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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