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Feature Name (see definition): Discovery Glacier Feature Class (see definition): Glacier Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 17591 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 78° 20' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 164° 30' 00" E Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -78.3333333 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 164.5 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1999 Description (see definition): A broad glacier, 9 mi long, between Hurricane Ridge and Mount Discovery on Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The glacier flows N to coalesce with the E margin of lower Koettlitz Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) in association with Mount Discovery, which Captain Robert Scott had named after the expedition ship of the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE), 1901-04. Date Created (see definition): 12/28/1999 Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Discovery 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 Discovery Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Discovery Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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