This page presents the geographical name data for
Turk 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):
Turk Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
19244
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
73° 21' 27" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
068° 23' 39" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-73.3575
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
68.3941667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
10/20/2009
Description
(see definition):
A small glacier at the south side of McIntyre Bluffs in the Mawson Escarpment. The glacier flows west to enter Lambert Glacier. Plotted from ANARE aerial photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973. Named by the Australian Antarctic Names and Medal Committee after Andrew Turk, surveyor with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1974. Not: Lednik Kričaka.
Date Created
(see definition):
01/07/2010
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Turk 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
Turk Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Turk Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.