Feature Name (see definition): Helfferich Glacier

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 6604

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
70° 35' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
160° 12' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -70.5833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 160.2

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1970

Description (see definition): A glacier about 8 mi long which drains the east slopes of Pomerantz Tableland southward of Armstrong Platform, in the Usarp Mountains. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Merritt R. Helfferich, U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) worker in the field of ionospheric physics at South Pole Station, 1967-68.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data