This page presents the geographical name data for
Fletcher Nunataks 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):
Fletcher Nunataks
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
5032
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
74° 54' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
072° 47' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-74.9
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-72.7833333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
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No data
Description
(see definition):
Two nunataks lying 2.2 mi SW of Barker Nunatak in the Grossman Nunataks, Ellsworth Land. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from U.S. Navy (USN) aerial photographs taken 1965-68 and Landsat imagery taken 1973-74. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after James B. Fletcher, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) cartographic technician who, with Kenneth Barker (Barker Nunatak, q.v.), formed the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) satellite surveying team at South Pole Station, winter party 1977.
Date Created
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No data
Date Edited
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No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Fletcher Nunataks 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
Fletcher Nunataks information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Fletcher Nunataks should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.