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Feature Name (see definition): Forel Glacier Feature Class (see definition): Glacier Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 5136 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 67° 29' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 066° 30' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.4833333 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.5 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956 Description (see definition): Glacier 1.5 mi wide and 4 mi long, flowing SW into Blind Bay, on the W coast of Graham Land. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Its lower reaches were surveyed in 1949 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and the glacier named by them for Francois A. Forel, noted Swiss glacier physicist and author, and first President of the International Commission of Glaciers in 1894. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Forel 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 Forel Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Forel Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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