Feature Name (see definition): Casey Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 2495

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

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 063° 50' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -69

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.8333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1947

Description (see definition): Glacier 6 mi wide, flowing E into Casey Inlet on the E coast of Palmer Land. Discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins on an aerial flight of Dec. 20, 1928. Wilkins believed the feature to be a channel cutting completely across Antarctic Peninsula, naming it Casey Channel after Rt. Hon. Richard G. Casey. Correlation of aerial photographs taken by Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935 and preliminary reports of the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, led W.L.G. Joerg to interpret this glacier to be what Wilkins named Casey Channel. This interpretation is borne out by the results of subsequent exploration by members of the East Base of the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data