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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 9779

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 11' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 062° 03' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.1833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.05

Elevation (see definition): 350

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963

Description (see definition): Snow dome, 350 m, marking the E end of Philippi Rise on the E coast of Graham Land. Surveyed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953. Named in 1956 by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in association with Jason Peninsula. Medea helped Jason to obtain the golden fleece and later became his wife.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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