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.