This page presents the geographical name data for
Columbia 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):
Columbia Mountains
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
2983
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
70° 14' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
063° 51' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-70.2333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-63.85
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1976
Description
(see definition):
A striking group of largely bare rock peaks, ridges and nunataks located near the E margin of the Dyer Plateau, 20 mi SE of the Eternity Range, in Palmer Land. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Columbia University, New York City, which for several seasons in the 1960s and 1970s has sent geologists to study the structure of the Scotia Ridge.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Columbia 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
Columbia Mountains information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Columbia Mountains should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.