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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 407

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 84° 49' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 178° 15' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -84.8166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -178.25

Elevation (see definition): 2400

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1962

Description (see definition): A roughly rectangular snow-covered tableland, 7 mi long and 6 mi wide, with an elevation somewhat over 2,400 m, located between Mount Bennett and Mount Butters in the E part of the Bush Mountains. Discovered and photographed by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp (1946-47) on the flights of Feb. 16, 1947, and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant George H. Anderson, USN, pilot of Flight 8 of that date from Little America to the South Pole and return.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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