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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 6928

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 74° 50' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 073° 56' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -74.8333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -73.9333333

Elevation (see definition): 1300

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A nunatak rising to c. 1,300 m, 2 mi NE of Grossenbacher Nunatak in the Lyon Nunataks, Ellsworth Land. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from aerial photographs taken by the U.S. Navy, 1965-68, and from Landsat imagery taken 1973-74. Named in 1987 by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Jan A. Holtet of the Norwegian Institute of Cosmic Physics, upper atmospheric physicist at Siple Station, 1970-71.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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