This page presents the geographical name data for
Bain 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):
Bain Nunatak
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
852
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
71° 06' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
071° 35' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-71.1
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
71.5833333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1973
Description
(see definition):
One of the Manning Nunataks, on the E side of the Amery Ice Shelf. The nunataks were photographed by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp (1946-47) and Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) (1957). They were visited by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SovAE) in 1965 and by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1969. Named for C.J. Bain, weather observer at Mawson Station in 1969 and a member of the 1969 Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) survey party.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
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No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Bain 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
Bain Nunatak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
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