This page presents the geographical name data for
Descent 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):
Descent Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
3770
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
77° 51' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
162° 52' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-77.85
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
162.8666667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1962
Description
(see definition):
Short, steep glacier between Briggs Hill and Condit Glacier, flowing NW from Descent Pass into Ferrar Glacier, in Victoria Land. So named because of the adventurous descent made here by the party led by Armitage of the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE), 1901-04. The name seems to have been first used on maps of the British Antarctic Expedition (BrAE), 1910-13.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Descent 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
Descent Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Descent Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.