This page presents the geographical name data for
Sikorski 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):
Sikorski Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
13824
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
71° 49' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
098° 24' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-71.8166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-98.4
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1960
Description
(see definition):
Small glacier in the NE part of Noville Peninsula, Thurston Island. It flows NE to Bellingshausen Sea between Mounts Palmer and Feury. First roughly delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Stephen Sikorski, electronics technician on the USS Glacier, who assisted in setting up an automatic weather station on Thurston Island during the U.S. Navy (USN) Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Sikorski 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
Sikorski Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Sikorski Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.