This page presents the geographical name data for
Wheatstone 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):
Wheatstone Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
16497
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
64° 44' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
062° 31' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-64.7333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-62.5166667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1965
Description
(see definition):
A glacier on the west coast of Graham Land. It enters Errera Channel east of Danco Island. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802-75), English scientist and inventor who designed the first mirror stereoscope in 1832.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Wheatstone 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
Wheatstone Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Wheatstone Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.