This page presents the geographical name data for
Charity 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):
Charity Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
2653
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
62° 44' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
060° 20' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-62.7333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-60.3333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1960
Description
(see definition):
Glacier lying N of Barnard Point on the S coast of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 after the brig Charity (Captain Charles H. Barnard), one of a fleet of American sealers from New York which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21, operating mainly from Yankee Harbor, Greenwich Island. The Charity also visited the islands the following season.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Charity 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
Charity Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Charity Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.