Feature Name (see definition): Scott Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 13450

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 85° 45' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 153° 00' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -85.75

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -153

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1966

Description (see definition): A major glacier, 120 mi long, originating on the polar plateau in the vicinity of D'Angelo Bluff and Mount Howe, and descending between Nilsen Plateau and the mountains of the Watson Escarpment to enter Ross Ice Shelf just W of Tapley Mountains. Discovered in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) geological party under Laurence Gould. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain Robert F. Scott, Royal Navy (RN), leader of the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE), 1901-04, and British Antarctic Expedition (BrAE), 1910-13, who lost his life in March 1912 on the return journey from the South Pole, which he had reached on Jan. 18, 1912.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data