Feature Name (see definition): Zapol Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 18893

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 78° 35' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 085° 51' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -78.5833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -85.85

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 11/01/2006

Description (see definition): A steep valley glacier descending the W slope of Vinson Massif between Tulaczyk Glacier and Donnellan Glacier in the Sentinel Range. The glacier flows westward into Nimitz Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2006) after Dr. Warren M. Zapol, Department of Anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, whose long-term research near McMurdo Station on diving physiology of Weddell seals (begun mid 1970s) was part of a larger effort to understand how gas is handled in mammals as part of a search to understand SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome).

Date Created (see definition): 08/07/2007

Date Edited (see definition): No data