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Stefan Ice Piedmont: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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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.


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