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

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 4218

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 70° 38' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 165° 24' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -70.6333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 165.4

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1964

Description (see definition): Ice-covered escarpment that overlooks the N coast of Victoria Land between Cooper Spur and Cape North. Mapped by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE), 1962, which gave the name after L.J. Dwyer, former Director of the Australian Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, a member of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) Executive Planning Committee.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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