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

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 2444

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 69° 25' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 068° 03' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -69.4166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.05

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A glacier, 9 mi long, flowing northward from between Mount Edgell and Relay Hills into Wordie Ice Shelf, Fallieres Coast. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1966, and surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1970-73. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Commander Burford A. Carlson, U.S. Navy (USN), Staff Meteorologist, Naval Support Force, Antarctica, Operation Deep Freeze, 1970 and 1971.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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