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Murrish Glacier: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Murrish 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): Murrish Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 10427

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 71° 02' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 061° 45' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -71.0333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -61.75

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A glacier about 15 mi long on the E side of Palmer Land. It drains ENE, to the N of Stockton Peak and Abendroth Peak, and merges with the N side of Gain Glacier before the latter enters Weddell Sea opposite Morency Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for David E. Murrish, U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist, party leader for the study of peripheral vascular control mechanisms in birds in the Antarctic Peninsula region for three seasons, 1972-75.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Murrish 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 Murrish Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Murrish Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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