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

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 8616

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 60° 38' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 045° 38' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -60.6333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -45.6333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956

Description (see definition): A confluent glacier system which flows into Marshall Bay on the S coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Surveyed in 1948-49 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Richard M. Laws of the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), leader and biologist at Signy Island base in 1948 and 1949, and at South Georgia in 1951.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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