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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 12014

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 12' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 136° 11' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.2

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 136.1833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1962

Description (see definition): Ice-covered point which forms the W side of the entrance to Victor Bay. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE), 1950-52, and named in 1954 for the French polar ship Pourquoi-Pas?.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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