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This page presents the geographical name data for
Rachel 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):
Rachel Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
12289
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
65° 37' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
062° 10' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-65.6166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-62.1666667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1976
Description
(see definition):
A glacier on the E coast of Graham Land, 6 mi long, flowing E along the N side of Mount Baleen to join Larsen Ice Shelf. The name, applied by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC), is taken from Herman Melville's Moby Dick, the Rachel being a ship from Nantucket which met the Pequod and brought news of a lost whaleboat.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Rachel 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
Rachel Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Rachel Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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