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This page presents the geographical name data for
Margerie, Cape 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):
Margerie, Cape
Feature Class
(see definition):
Cape
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
9386
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
66° 49' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
141° 23' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-66.8166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
141.3833333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1955
Description
(see definition):
Low, ice-covered cape, marked by prominent rock outcrops at its N end, lying midway between Cape Mousse and Lacroix Nunatak and bounded on the N by numerous rocky islands. Charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) under Mawson, 1911-14, who named this feature for Emmanuel de Margerie, French geographer and geologist. Cape Margerie served as the main base site for French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE) parties under Liotard, in 1950-51, and Barre, in 1951-52, until fire destroyed the main buildings of their base, known as Port Martin, in January 1952.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Margerie, Cape 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
Margerie, Cape information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Margerie, Cape should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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