This page presents the geographical name data for
Whewell 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):
Whewell Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
16506
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
72° 04' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
169° 47' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-72.0666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
169.7833333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1970
Description
(see definition):
A narrow, steep glacier that drains the E slopes of Mount Whewell and merges with the lower part of Honeycomb Glacier, in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Mount Whewell.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Whewell 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
Whewell Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Whewell Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.