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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 8310

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 72° 22' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 000° 45' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.3666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 0.75

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1966

Description (see definition): A peak at the N end of Kvitkjolen Ridge in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (GerAE) (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Kvithovden (the white peak).

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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