Feature Name (see definition): Transition Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 15480

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 70° 26' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 068° 49' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -70.4333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.8166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1955

Description (see definition): Glacier on the E coast of Alexander Island, 8 mi long and 2 mi wide, which flows E to George VI Sound along the N side of Block Mountain and Tilt Rock. First photographed from the air on Nov. 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth and mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. Surveyed in 1949 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and so named by them because this glacier marks the transition between igneous rocks to the north and sedimentary rocks to the south.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data