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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 16979

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 71° 43' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 012° 08' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -71.7166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 12.1333333

Elevation (see definition): 2970

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1970

Description (see definition): A large complex mountain which is highly dissected, rising to 2,970 m and forming the N portion of Pieck Range in the Petermann Ranges of Queen Maud Land. Discovered and given the descriptive name "Zwiesel-Berg" (forked mountain) by the German Antarctic Expedition (GerAE), 1938-39, under Ritscher.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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