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

Feature Class (see definition): Cape

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 16795

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 39' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 060° 24' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.65

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -60.4

Elevation (see definition): 225

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1952

Description (see definition): Dome-shaped cape 225 m high with snow-free cliffs on the S and E sides, lying 10 mi E of the S end of Detroit Plateau on the E coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947 and named for Commander Frank A. Worsley, British polar explorer and member of Sir Ernest Shackleton's expeditions of 1914-16 and 1921-22.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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