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

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 18727

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 23' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 161° 01' 45" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.3833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 161.0291667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/2005

Description (see definition): A rock spur that descends N between Papitashvili Valley and Hernandez Valley in Apocalypse Peaks, Victoria Land, Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2005) after David Z. Besson, Physics Department, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; AMANDA and related research at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; eight field seasons 1997-2004.

Date Created (see definition): 01/01/2005

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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