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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 46

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 30' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 063° 38' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.5

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.6333333

Elevation (see definition): 915

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963

Description (see definition): Snow-covered hill, 915 m, in the center of the col between Mount Helen and Mount Achilles in the Achaean Range of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Surveyed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955 and so named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) because of its position in relation to Mount Achilles.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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