Feature Name (see definition): Briggs Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 1940

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 54° 10' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 037° 08' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -54.1666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -37.1333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963

Description (see definition): Glacier between Mount Worsley and The Trident in central South Georgia, flowing NW into Murray Snowfield. Charted as a glacier flowing into the head of Possession Bay by Lieutenant Commander J.M. Chaplin, Royal Navy (RN), in 1929, and named for Able Seaman A.C. Briggs, one of the crew of the Discovery in 1925-27 and a member of Chaplin's survey party in 1928-30. During the South Georgia Survey (SGS), 1955-56, the complicated area of glaciers and snowfields S of Possession Bay was for the first time surveyed in detail, and Briggs Glacier was located.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data