This page presents the geographical name data for
Stefan Ice Piedmont 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):
Stefan Ice Piedmont
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
14529
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
66° 40' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
066° 30' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-66.6666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-66.5
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1965
Description
(see definition):
A small ice piedmont overlying the coast between Cape Rey and Holdfast Point, Graham Land. Mapped from air photos taken by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956-57). Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Josef Stefan (1835-1893), Austrian physicist who in 1889 pioneered the theory of heat flow in a freezing ice layer and first used it to calculate rates of sea ice growth in the Arctic.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Stefan Ice Piedmont 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
Stefan Ice Piedmont information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Stefan Ice Piedmont should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.