This page presents the geographical name data for
Dibble Glacier Tongue 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):
Dibble Glacier Tongue
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
3839
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
65° 50' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
135° 00' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-65.8333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
135
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1956
Description
(see definition):
A large glacier tongue extending seaward from Dibble Glacier. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Jonas Dibble and the unsung crew members of the U.S. Exploring Expedition (USEE) squadron under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, 1838-42.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Dibble Glacier Tongue 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
Dibble Glacier Tongue information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Dibble Glacier Tongue should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.