This page presents the geographical name data for
Tula Mountains 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):
Tula Mountains
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
15631
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
66° 54' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
051° 06' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-66.9
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
51.1
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1962
Description
(see definition):
Group of extensive mountains lying immediately eastward of Amundsen Bay in Enderby Land. Discovered on Jan. 14, 1930 by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson and named Tula Range by him after John Biscoe's brig, the Tula, from which Biscoe discovered Enderby Land in 1831. The term "mountains" was recommended for the group following an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) sledge survey in 1958 by G.A. Knuckey.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Tula Mountains 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
Tula Mountains information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Tula Mountains should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.