Feature Name (see definition): Ford Ice Piedmont

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 5123

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 82° 10' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 050° 00' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -82.1666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -50

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): The large ice piedmont lying northward of Dufek Massif and Forrestal Range between the lower ends of Foundation Ice Stream and Support Force Glacier, in the Pensacola Mountains, q.v. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Arthur B. Ford of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Menlo Park, CA, geologist and co-leader (with Peter F. Bermel) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) party in the Thiel Mountains, 1960-61 (leader 1961-62); field work at Lassiter Coast, 1970-71; leader of geological parties to the Pensacola Mountains in 1965-66, 1973-74, 1976-77, and 1978-79.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data