This page presents the geographical name data for
Rudolph 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):
Rudolph Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
13006
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
72° 32' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
167° 53' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-72.5333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
167.8833333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1964
Description
(see definition):
A large tributary glacier flowing N between Hackerman Ridge and McElroy Ridge to Trafalgar Glacier, in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Emanuel D. Rudolph, American botanist (1927-92), U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) project leader for lichenology studies at Hallett Station in three summer seasons, 1961-64; Director, Ohio State University's Institute of Polar Studies (now Byrd Polar Research Center), 1969-73; Chairman of the Botany Department, Ohio State University, 1978-87.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Rudolph 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
Rudolph Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Rudolph Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.