Feature Name (see definition): Baronick Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 1002

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 78° 36' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 161° 50' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -78.6

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 161.8333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

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

Description (see definition): A glacier 6 mi SW of Mount Cocks, in the Royal Society Range, draining into the Skelton Glacier to the west. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1963 for Chief Aviation Ordnanceman Michael P. Baronick, of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, who wintered at Williams Air Operating Facility at McMurdo Sound in 1956 and was in Antarctica several summer seasons. Baronick, with a party of three, was in command of the Beardmore Air Operating Facility established on Oct. 28, 1956, at 8456S, 16600W.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data