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Sikorski Glacier: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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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.


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