This page presents the geographical name data for
Parks 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):
Parks Glacier
Feature Class
(see definition):
Glacier
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
11378
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
77° 07' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
125° 55' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-77.1166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-125.9166667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1962
Description
(see definition):
A glacier draining southeastward from Weiss Amphitheater, a caldera in southern Mount Sidley, in the Executive Committee Range, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on the Executive Committee Range Traverse of 1959. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Perry E. Parks, Jr., exploration geophysicist and assistant seismologist on the Marie Byrd Land Traverse, 1959-60.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Parks 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
Parks Glacier information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Parks Glacier should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.