This page presents the geographical name data for
Alberts 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):
Alberts Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
199
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
66° 52' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
064° 53' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-66.8666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-64.8833333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
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No data
Description
(see definition):
A heavily crevassed glacier c. 8 mi long, flowing E from Avery Plateau, Graham Land, and entering Mill Inlet between Balch Glacier and Southard Promontory. The glacier was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy in 1968. It was delineated from these photographs by DOS, 1980, and positioned from surveys by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1947-57. In association with the names of Antarctic historians in the area, named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after Fred G. Alberts, American toponymist; Secretary, Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), 1949-80.
Date Created
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No data
Date Edited
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No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Alberts 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
Alberts Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Alberts Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.