Feature Name (see definition): Earnshaw Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 4244

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 68° 45' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 065° 11' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.75

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.1833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965

Description (see definition): A glacier 10 mi long, flowing northward to the east of Norwood Scarp and entering Maitland Glacier to the south of Werner Peak, in eastern Antarctic Peninsula. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) on Sept. 28, 1940. Surveyed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in Jan. 1961. Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after Thomas Earnshaw (1749-1829), English watchmaker who made innovations leading to the modern marine chronometer.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data