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

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 2857

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 80° 44' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 027° 25' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -80.7333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -27.4166667

Elevation (see definition): 1600

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A line of E-W cliffs rising to over 1,600 m at the S margin of Fuchs Dome, Shackleton Range. Surveyed by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), 1957, photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and further surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after Charles A. Clayton, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) surveyor, Halley Station, 1969-71, who worked in the area.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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