Feature Name (see definition): Rhodes Icefall

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 12585

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 74° 58' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 136° 25' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -74.9666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -136.4166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1974

Description (see definition): An icefall draining W out of McDonald Heights through a breach in the middle of Peden Cliffs. The icefall nourishes the Garfield Glacier near the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for William L. Rhodes, ABH1, U.S. Navy (USN), Aviation Boatswain's Mate, crash crew leader at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, during Operation Deep Freeze 1968, 1969 and 1970.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data