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Feature Name (see definition): Arago Glacier Feature Class (see definition): Glacier Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 532 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 51' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 062° 23' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.85 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.3833333 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1964 Description (see definition): Glacier flowing into Andvord Bay just NW of Moser Glacier, on the W coast of Graham Land. Mapped by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Dominique-Francois-Jean Arago (1786-1853), French geodesist who first demonstrated the application of photography to mapmaking in 1839. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Arago 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 Arago Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Arago Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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