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

Feature Class (see definition): Basin

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 17599

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 78° 04' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 167° 21' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -78.0666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 167.35

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1999

Description (see definition): An ice-filled cirque, 2 mi wide, the largest cirque on the W side of White Island, Ross Archipelago. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) after Juergen Kienle (d.), Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, a team leader for the investigation of volcanic activity and seismicity at nearby Mount Erebus in six seasons, 1980-81 through 1985-86.

Date Created (see definition): 12/28/1999

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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