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

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 995

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 83° 49' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 055° 53' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -83.8166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -55.8833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965

Description (see definition): The icefalls along Washington Escarpment between Mount Dover and Bennett Spires in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for James C. Barnes, meteorologist and station scientific leader at Ellsworth Station, winter 1962.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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