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

Feature Class (see definition): Ridge

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 5061

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 76° 51' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 161° 40' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -76.85

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 161.6666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1993

Description (see definition): The moraines trailing northeastward from Mount Morrison, trapped in the ice eddies between Midship Glacier and ice from local mountainside glaciers, in Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. So named by a 1989-90 New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) field party from association with Jetsam Moraine and because all supraglacial moraines are "floating" on the glacier ice, and drift in a manner similar to marine flotsam and jetsam.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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