This page presents the geographical name data for
Petkovic 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):
Petkovic Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
19237
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
72° 58' 12" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
068° 13' 48" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-72.97
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
68.23
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
10/20/2009
Description
(see definition):
A steep valley glacier, 3 miles long, in the central part of the Mawson Escarpment. It flows westward, midway between Rofe Glacier and Dolinnyy Glacier, to enter Lambert Glacier. Plotted from ANARE aerial photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Named by the Australian Antarctic Names and Medal Committee after J.J. Petkovic, geophysicist at Mawson in 1971 and a member of the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1972.
Date Created
(see definition):
01/07/2010
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Petkovic 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
Petkovic Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Petkovic Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.