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Feature Name (see definition): Worsley, Mount Feature Class (see definition): Summit Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 16796 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 54° 11' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 037° 09' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -54.1833333 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -37.15 Elevation (see definition): 1105 Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963 Description (see definition): Mountain, 1,105 m, on the W side of Briggs Glacier in South Georgia. Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey (SGS) in the period 1951-57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Frank A. Worsley (1872-1943), Master of the 1914-16. Worsley accompanied Shackleton in the James Caird from Elephant Island to King Haakon Bay, South Georgia, and made the overland crossing with him to Stromness whaling station. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Worsley, Mount 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, Mount information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Worsley, Mount should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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