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Bearskin, Mount: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Bearskin, Mount 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): Bearskin, Mount

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 1128

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 78° 20' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 085° 37' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -78.3333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -85.6166667

Elevation (see definition): 2850

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1961

Description (see definition): Mountain (2,850 m) located 5 mi NE of Mount Tyree, between Patton and Cornwell Glaciers, in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain Leland S. Bearskin, USAF, who participated in establishing the IGY South Pole Station in the 1956-57 season.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Bearskin, Mount 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 Bearskin, Mount information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bearskin, Mount should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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