This page presents the geographical name data for
Victory Nunatak 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):
Victory Nunatak
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
16042
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
68° 45' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
064° 22' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-68.75
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-64.3666667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1962
Description
(see definition):
A conspicuous island-like nunatak with three rocky summits, the southernmost and highest, 360 meters. It rises above the ice of southeastern Mobiloil Inlet 8 mi SE of Kay Nunatak on the E coast of Antarctic Peninsula. The nunatak was first mapped by W.L.G. Joerg from air photos taken by Lincoln Ellsworth on Nov. 23, 1935. It was subsequently photographed from the air by U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS), Sept. 1940; Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), Aug. 1947; and Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) (Trimetrogon air photography), Dec. 1947. Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961; when viewed from the air three dots and a dash, Morse code for the letter "V", are apparent on the surface of the feature.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Victory Nunatak 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
Victory Nunatak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Victory Nunatak should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.