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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 16432

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 67° 36' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 062° 52' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.6

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 62.8666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965

Description (see definition): Rock mass forming the western limit of Horseshoe Harbor in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. Roughly mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Rephotographed by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47. First visited by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) party on Feb. 5, 1954. Named by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE).

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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