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Feature Name (see definition): Melville Glacier Feature Class (see definition): Glacier Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 9841 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 65° 28' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 062° 10' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.4666667 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.1666667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963 Description (see definition): A glacier, 12 mi long, between Mapple Glacier and Pequod Glacier on the E coast of Graham Land. It flows into Exasperation Inlet southward of Mount Ahab. Surveyed by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947 and 1955. Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after Herman Melville (1819-91), author of Moby Dick. Other features in the area are named after characters in the story. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Melville 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 Melville Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Melville Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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