This page presents the geographical name data for
Eastwind 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):
Eastwind Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
17729
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
77° 37' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
168° 16' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-77.6166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
168.2666667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/2000
Description
(see definition):
A glacier that drains part of the S slopes of Mount Terror in SE Ross Island. It flows SW and coalesces with the E margin of Terror Glacier where the two glaciers enter Fog Bay. In association with the names of expedition ships grouped on this island, named after U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Eastwind. An icebreaker, "she" made nine Antarctic deployments in support of science activities from U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz), 1955-56, through the 1966-67 season.
Date Created
(see definition):
05/19/2000
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Eastwind 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
Eastwind Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Eastwind Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.