This page presents the geographical name data for
Christensen Nunatak 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):
Christensen Nunatak
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
2761
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
65° 06' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
059° 31' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-65.1
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-59.5166667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1952
Description
(see definition):
Nunatak 1 mi N of Robertson Island in the Seal Nunataks group, off the E coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered in 1893 by a Norwegian expedition under C.A. Larsen, who named it for Christen Christensen of Sandefjord, Norway, pioneer of modern Antarctic whaling. It was surveyed in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE) under Nordenskjold, and in 1947 and 1953 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS).
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
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No data
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Christensen Nunatak 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
Christensen Nunatak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
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