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

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 1448

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 71° 52' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 098° 00' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -71.8666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -98

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1960

Description (see definition): A small steep cliff rock exposure at the NE end of Noville Peninsula, Thurston Island. The feature is just S of small Mulroy Island. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy (USN) Squadron VX-6 in January 1960. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for George H. Black, supply officer of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) in 1928-30.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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