Feature Name (see definition): Hippocrates Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 6801

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 22' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 062° 22' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.3666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.3666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1960

Description (see definition): Glacier at least 3 mi long and 2 mi wide, flowing SE into Buls Bay on the E side of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart in 1953, but not named. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Hippocrates (460-ca. 355 B.C.), Greek physician and author of numerous works on medicine, who also established a professional code of medical conduct.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data