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Anderson Glacier: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Anderson 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): Anderson Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 406

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 24' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 063° 55' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.4

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.9166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1952

Description (see definition): Heavily crevassed glacier, 12 mi long, flowing SE into Cabinet Inlet between Cape Casey and Balder Point, on the E coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) in December 1947. Named by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) for Sir John Anderson, M.P., Lord President of the Council and member of the British War Cabinet (World War II).

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Anderson 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 Anderson Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Anderson Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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