This page presents the geographical name data for
Cruchley Ice Piedmont 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):
Cruchley Ice Piedmont
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
3364
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
60° 41' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
045° 01' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-60.6833333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-45.0166667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
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No data
Description
(see definition):
An ice piedmont between the east margins of Powell Island and its north-south range of hills, extending 2.5 mi northward from John Peaks, in the South Orkney Islands. A new name applied by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1987. Historically it derives from James Weddell's map of 1825 on which Powell Island is charted as two islands, the southern one being "Cruchley's Island."
Date Created
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No data
Date Edited
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No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Cruchley Ice Piedmont 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
Cruchley Ice Piedmont information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
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