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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 503

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 78° 47' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 161° 27' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -78.7833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 161.45

Elevation (see definition): 1310

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

Description (see definition): Hill, 1,310 m, rising steeply on the W side of the Skelton Glacier between Ant Hill Glacier and Dilemma Glacier. Surveyed and named in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), 1956-58. So named by geological members because of the prominent anticline in the bluff below the hill.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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