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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 2718

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 76° 40' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 145° 35' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -76.6666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -145.5833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1947

Description (see definition): Group of mountains just N of the mouth of Crevasse Valley Glacier and 10 mi N of Saunders Mountain in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) (1933-35) and named for Colby M. Chester, president of General Foods Corporation, who gave generous support to the Byrd expeditions.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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