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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 8374

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 86° 45' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 146° 00' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -86.75

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -146

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1947

Description (see definition): A group of mountains, 20 mi long, standing between the tributary Robison and Klein Glaciers at the E side of the upper reaches of the Scott Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for John Oliver La Gorce, Vice President of the National Geographic Society.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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