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Feature Name (see definition): Fukushima, Mount Feature Class (see definition): Summit Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 5376 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 71° 21' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 035° 37' 00" E Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -71.35 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 35.6166667 Elevation (see definition): 2470 Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1966 Description (see definition): The highest massif (2,470 m) in the Queen Fabiola Mountains, standing just north of Yamato Glacier. The rock massif rises 1,600 m above the local ice surface and has many ragged peaks. Discovered in 1960 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE), under Guido Derom. Named by Derom after Shin Fukushima, geophysicist of the Japanese expedition, lost in a violent blizzard near the Japanese station on East Ongul Island in October 1960. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Fukushima, 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 Fukushima, Mount information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Fukushima, Mount should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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