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

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 694

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 76° 41' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 161° 33' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -76.6833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 161.55

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1962

Description (see definition): The glacier immediately E of Flagship Mountain, draining N into Fry Glacier in Victoria Land. Discovered and named in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), 1956-58. Named after the USS Atka, an American icebreaker in the convoy to McMurdo Sound in the 1956-57 season.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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