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Feature Name (see definition): Meridian Glacier Feature Class (see definition): Glacier Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 9878 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 68° 45' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 066° 37' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.75 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.6166667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1962 Description (see definition): A broad glacier, 9 mi long, which flows S along the W side of Godfrey Upland and joins the Clarke Glacier between Behaim Peak and Elton Hill, in southern Graham Land. F. Ronne and C.R. Eklund of U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) travelled along this glacier in Jan. 1941. It was photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) in Nov. 1947, and it was surveyed by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in Dec. 1958. So named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) because the glacier flows from N to S along the meridian. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Meridian 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 Meridian Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Meridian Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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