Feature Name (see definition): Eureka Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 4647

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 69° 44' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 068° 45' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -69.7333333

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

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1955

Description (see definition): Broad, gently sloping glacier, 18 mi long and 17 mi wide at its mouth, which flows westward from the W side of Palmer Land into George VI Sound. It is bounded on its N side by the nunataks S of Mount Edgell, on its S side by the Traverse Mountains and Terminus Nunatak, and at its head Prospect Glacier provides a route to Wordie Ice Shelf. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill and resurveyed in 1948 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). The name expresses triumph of discovery and arose because the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) sledge party found their way to George VI Sound via this glacier in 1936.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data