This page presents the geographical name data for
Brown 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):
Brown Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
2010
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
74° 50' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
065° 08' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-74.8333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-65.1333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
No data
Description
(see definition):
A large glacier on the W side of Latady Mountains, flowing SSE to join Ketchum Glacier, W of Gardner Inlet, on Lassiter Coast, Palmer Land. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) aerial photographs, 1961-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lawrence Edward Brown, geologist; member of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) field party which crossed this glacier, 1969-70.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Brown 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
Brown Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Brown Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.