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

Feature Class (see definition): Basin

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 16072

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 73° 30' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 122° 00' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -73.5

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 122

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A subglacial basin to the N of Dome Charlie in Wilkes Land, running ENE-WSW and joining Aurora Subglacial Basin with Adventure Subglacial Trench. The feature was delineated by the SPRI-NSF-TUD airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79, and named after Vincennes, the command ship of the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-42 (Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, U.S. Navy (USN)).

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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