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

Feature Class (see definition): Range

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 12370

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 71° 39' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 064° 48' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -71.65

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.8

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1976

Description (see definition): A line of low hills or nunataks, 14 mi long and trending E-W, located 4 mi N of Guthridge Nunataks in the Gutenko Mountains of central Palmer Land. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Major David L. Rathbone, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), Commander of LC-130 aircraft in U.S. Navy (USN) Squadron VXE-6 during Operation Deep Freeze, 1970 and 1971.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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