This page presents the geographical name data for
Long 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):
Long Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
8993
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
72° 30' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
096° 43' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-72.5
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-96.7166667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1968
Description
(see definition):
Glacier about 8 mi long in the SE part of Thurston Island. It flows S to Abbot Ice Shelf, 14 mi W of Harrison Nunatak. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) air photos, 1960-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Fred A. Long, Jr., aviation machinist of U.S. Navy (USN) Squadron VX-6, who wintered at Little American V in 1957 and was in Antarctica in the 1960-61 and 1962-63 seasons.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Long 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
Long Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Long Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.