Feature Name (see definition): Astrolabe Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 674

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 45' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 139° 55' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.75

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 139.9166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

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

Description (see definition): Glacier 4 mi wide and 10 mi long, flowing NNE from the continental ice and terminating at the coast in a prominent tongue at the E side of Geologie Archipelago. Probably first sighted in 1840 by the French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, although no glaciers were noted on d'Urville's chart of this coast. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp in January 1947. It was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE), 1949-51, and named after d'Urville's flagship, the Astrolabe.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data