This page presents the geographical name data for
Venus 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):
Venus Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
15955
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
71° 38' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
068° 15' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-71.6333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-68.25
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1955
Description
(see definition):
Glacier on the E coast of Alexander Island, 10 mi long and 6 mi wide at its mouth flowing E into George VI Sound between Keystone Cliffs and Triton Point. The coast in this vicinity was first seen from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on Nov. 23. 1935 and roughly mapped from photos obtained on that flight by W.L.G. Joerg. The glacier was first surveyed in 1949 by. the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for the planet Venus.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Venus 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
Venus Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Venus Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.