This page presents the geographical name data for
Comrie 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):
Comrie Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
3011
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
65° 48' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
064° 20' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-65.8
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-64.3333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1955
Description
(see definition):
Glacier 13 mi long, flowing W to enter the head of Bigo Bay on the W coast of Graham Land. First sighted and roughly surveyed by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE) in 1909. Resurveyed in 1935-36 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), and later named for Leslie J. Comrie, founder and first Dir. of the Scientific Computing Service Ltd., London, who, as Supt. of the Nautical Almanac Office in 1934, greatly assisted the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, by providing advance copies of the Nautical Almanac up to 1937.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Comrie 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
Comrie Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Comrie Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.