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Feature Name (see definition): McCarty Glacier Feature Class (see definition): Glacier Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 18574 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 72° 06' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 099° 24' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.1 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -99.4 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/2003 Description (see definition): A broad glacier flowing into the head of Potaka Inlet on the N side of Thurston Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Chief Photographer's Mate Owen McCarty, aircrewman on the U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump PBM Mariner seaplane that crashed on nearby Noville Peninsula, Dec. 30, 1946. McCarty and five other survivors were rescued on Jan. 12, 1947. Date Created (see definition): 01/23/2004 Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding McCarty 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 McCarty Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about McCarty Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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