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

Feature Class (see definition): Range

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 7768

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 85° 34' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 154° 10' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -85.5666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -154.1666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1967

Description (see definition): Rounded, ice-free foothills extending for 12 mi along the W side of the terminus of Scott Glacier, from Mount Salisbury NNW to the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. First seen and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE), 1928-30. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Admiral H. Arnold Karo, Director of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1955-65.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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