This page presents the geographical name data for
Sandford 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):
Sandford Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
13245
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
66° 40' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
129° 50' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-66.6666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
129.8333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1955
Description
(see definition):
A channel glacier flowing to the E side of Porpoise Bay, about 25 mi SSW of Cape Morse. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Joseph P. Sandford, Passed Midshipman on the brig Porpoise of the U.S. Exploring Expedition (USEE) (1838-42) under Wilkes.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Sandford 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
Sandford Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Sandford Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.