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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 2500

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 27' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 063° 24' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.45

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.4

Elevation (see definition): 425

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1971

Description (see definition): Nunatak, 425 m, marking the E side of the mouth of Iliad Glacier in northern Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago. Surveyed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955-57, and mapped from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Priam's daughter in Homer's Iliad.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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