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

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 19236

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 72° 52' 21" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 068° 18' 59" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.8725

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 68.3163889

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 10/20/2009

Description (see definition): A broad glacier, 10 miles long, flowing westward from the northern part of the Mawson Escarpment into Lambert Glacier. Plotted from ANARE aerial photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Named by the Australian Antarctic Names and Medal Committee (1973) after Bryan Rofe, Director of the Antarctic Division, Melbourne, from October 1970 until his death in August, 1971. Not: Lednik Vetvistyj.

Date Created (see definition): 01/07/2010

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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