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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 15618

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 78° 29' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 084° 50' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -78.4833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -84.8333333

Elevation (see definition): 3560

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1961

Description (see definition): A pyramidal mountain (3,560 m) at the head of Hansen Glacier in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant John Tuck, Jr., USN, Navy support leader at the South Pole Station in 1957.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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