This page presents the geographical name data for
Totten 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):
Totten Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
15438
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
67° 00' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
116° 20' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-67
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
116.3333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1955
Description
(see definition):
A massive glacier about 40 mi long and 20 mi wide. It drains northeastward from the continental ice but turns northwestward at the coast where it terminates in a prominent tongue close east of Cape Waldron. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for George M. Totten, Passed Midshipman on the Wilkes with correction of the survey data obtained by the expedition.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Totten 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
Totten Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Totten Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.