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Torii Glacier: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Torii 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): Torii Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 15414

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 71° 19' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 035° 38' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -71.3166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 35.6333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

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

Description (see definition): A glacier flowing NW between Mount Goossens and Mount Fukushima in the Queen Fabiola Mountains. Discovered on Oct. 7, 1960 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE), under Guido Derom, who named it after Tetsuya Torii, geochemist; leader of the Japanese party that visited this area in November 1960.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Torii 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 Torii Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Torii Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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