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

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 8897

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 05' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 062° 19' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.0833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.3166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

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

Description (see definition): Glacier 5 mi long and 1 mi wide, flowing into Bouquet Bay just S of Duclaux Point on the NE 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 Joseph Lister, First Baron Lister (1827-1912), English surgeon and founder of antiseptic surgery.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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