This page presents the geographical name data for
Blanchard Hill 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):
Blanchard Hill
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
1508
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
80° 26' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
021° 56' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-80.4333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-21.9333333
Elevation
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No data
Decision Year
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No data
Description
(see definition):
A hill between Mount Kelsey and Whymper Spur in the Pioneers Escarpment (q.v.), eastern Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967. Surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after Robert Blanchard, American inventor of a light-weight tent using a rigidly tensioned frame erected outside the tent.
Date Created
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No data
Date Edited
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No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Blanchard Hill 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
Blanchard Hill information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Blanchard Hill should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.