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.