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Feature Name (see definition): Shell Glacier Feature Class (see definition): Glacier Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 13699 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 16' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 166° 25' 00" E Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.2666667 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 166.4166667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1964 Description (see definition): A western lobe of the Mount Bird icecap. It descends steeply in the valley N of Trachyte Hill and Harrison Bluff in the center of the ice-free area on the lower western slopes of Mount Bird, Ross Island. Mapped and so named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958-59, because of the marine shell content of the moraines. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Shell 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 Shell Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Shell Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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