This page presents the geographical name data for
Queen Elizabeth Range 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):
Queen Elizabeth Range
Feature Class
(see definition):
Range
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
12249
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
83° 20' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
161° 30' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-83.3333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
161.5
Elevation
(see definition):
4350
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1962
Description
(see definition):
A rugged mountain range paralleling the E side of Marsh Glacier for nearly 100 mi from Nimrod Glacier in the north to Law Glacier in the south. Mount Markham, 4,350 m, is the highest elevation in the range. Named by J.H. Miller of the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) (1956-58) who, with G.W. Marsh, explored this area. It was named for Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, the patron of the expedition.
Date Created
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No data
Date Edited
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No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Queen Elizabeth Range 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
Queen Elizabeth Range information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Queen Elizabeth Range should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.