This page presents the geographical name data for
Drygalski 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):
Drygalski Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
4105
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
64° 43' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
060° 44' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-64.7166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-60.7333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1952
Description
(see definition):
Broad glacier, 18 mi long, which flows SE from Herbert Plateau through a rectangular re-entrant to a point immediately N of Sentinel Nunatak on the E coast of Graham Land. Discovered in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE), under Nordenskjold, and named Drygalski Bay after Prof. Erich von Drygalski. The feature was determined to be a glacier by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Drygalski 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
Drygalski Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Drygalski Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.