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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 2372

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 63° 43' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 058° 30' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.7166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -58.5

Elevation (see definition): 825

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1953

Description (see definition): A mountain formed of two rock peaks, 890 and 825 m high. It stands 3 mi E of Sirius Knoll on the divide separating Russell East Glacier and Russell West Glacier in central Trinity Peninsula. Charted in 1946 by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and named by them because of the association with Sirius Knoll. Canicula is a synonym of Sirius, the dog star.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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