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Widmark Ice Piedmont: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Widmark Ice Piedmont 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): Widmark Ice Piedmont

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 16567

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 17' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 065° 30' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.2833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.5

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1971

Description (see definition): Ice piedmont between Holtedahl and Darbel Bays on the W coast of Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1955-57 and mapped from these photos by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Erik J. Widmark (1850-1909), Swedish ophthalmologist, pioneer of researches upon the etiology and treatment of snow blindness.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Widmark Ice Piedmont 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 Widmark Ice Piedmont information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Widmark Ice Piedmont should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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