This page presents the geographical name data for
Vanderford 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):
Vanderford Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
15868
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
66° 35' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
110° 26' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-66.5833333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
110.4333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1955
Description
(see definition):
A glacier about 5 mi wide flowing NW into the SE side of Vincennes Bay, close S of the Windmill Islands. Mapped from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Benjamin Vanderford, pilot of the sloop of war Vincennes of the U.S. Exploring Expedition (USEE) under Wilkes, 1838-42.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Vanderford 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
Vanderford Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Vanderford Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.