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

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 11404

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 75° 54' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 140° 40' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -75.9

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -140.6666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1972

Description (see definition): A glacier about 20 mi long and 4 mi wide, draining NW between two ridges, the terminal points of which are Mount McCoy and Lewis Bluff. The lower end of this glacier merges with the flow of White Glacier and the larger Land Glacier near Mount McCoy before the latter feature debouches into Land Bay on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Paschal Glacier was photographed from aircraft of the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, and was mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Evans W. Paschal, Scientific Leader at Byrd Station, 1970.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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