This page presents the geographical name data for
Counts Icefall 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):
Counts Icefall
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
3215
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
85° 13' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
090° 48' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-85.2166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-90.8
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1962
Description
(see definition):
A steep, heavily-crevassed icefall at the juncture of the Ford Massif and the W end of Bermel Escarpment, in the Thiel Mountains. Surveyed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Thiel Mountains party, 1960-61. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander William D. Counts, U.S. Navy (USN), who lost his life in the crash of a P2V Neptune aircraft soon after take-off from Wilkes Station on Nov. 9, 1961.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Counts Icefall 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
Counts Icefall information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Counts Icefall should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.