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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 15400

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 60° 42' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 045° 17' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -60.7

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -45.2833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956

Description (see definition): Conspicuous ice-capped rock wall, 1 mi long, with an apron of talus. It stands 1 mi E of Saunders Point on the S coast of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands. Roughly surveyed in 1933 by DI personnel. The name, which is biblical, was applied by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) following their survey of 1948-49.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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