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

Feature Class (see definition): Range

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 6132

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 74° 21' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 063° 27' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -74.35

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.45

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1968

Description (see definition): A mountain range, 40 mi long and 10 mi wide, located NW of Bowman Peninsula and between the Johnston and Irvine Glaciers, in the SE extremity of Palmer Land. The feature was photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48. It was mapped from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) air photos, 1961-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for French naturalist and geologist Jean Etienne Guettard, 1715-86.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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