Feature Name (see definition): Seelig, Mount

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 13530

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 82° 28' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 103° 54' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -82.4666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -103.9

Elevation (see definition): 3020

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1962

Description (see definition): The largest and highest mountain in the Whitmore Mountains, rising to 3,020 m at the NE end of the group. Surveyed on Jan. 2, 1959 by William H. Chapman of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a member of the Horlick Mountains Traverse, 1958-59. Named by Chapman after Walter R. Seelig, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 1960-86, who developed the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)-NSF plan for topographic mapping of Antarctica; NSF Representative in Christchurch, New Zealand, during eleven U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) austral seasons between 1971 and 1986, including seventeen trips to Antarctica and adjacent seas; member, U.S. Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, 1973-86; Chairman, 1976-86.

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