This page presents the geographical name data for
Starbuck 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):
Starbuck Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
14485
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
65° 38' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
062° 09' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-65.6333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-62.15
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1963
Description
(see definition):
Glacier 15 mi long, flowing E and entering Scar Inlet immediately N of Mount Queequeg, on the E coast of Graham Land. Surveyed and partially photographed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947. The entire glacier was photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) in 1955-56, and mapped from these photos by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1957. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after the first mate on the Pequod in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Starbuck 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
Starbuck Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Starbuck Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.