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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 1444

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 86° 17' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 147° 16' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -86.2833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -147.2666667

Elevation (see definition): 3275

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1947

Description (see definition): A massive, flat-topped mountain, 3,275 m, standing just E of Scott Glacier where it surmounts the SW end of California Plateau and the Watson Escarpment, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered by and named for Quin A. Blackburn, geologist, leader of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) geological party which sledged the length of Scott Glacier in December 1934.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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