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Cruchley Ice Piedmont: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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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 (see definition): 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 (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): 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 Cruchley Ice Piedmont should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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