Feature Name (see definition): Fireman Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 4930

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
77° 47' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
160° 16' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.7833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 160.2666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1992

Description (see definition): A glacier in the W part of Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land, flowing NW into Cassidy Glacier. Named in 1992 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Edward L. Fireman (d. 1990), physicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA; authority on the analysis and dating of extraterrestrial materials and space debris; from 1979 conducted investigations on the dating and composition of Antarctic meteorites and Antarctic ice samples, including deep core ice obtained at Byrd Station.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data