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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 14333

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 65° 45' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 066° 10' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.75

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.1666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

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

Description (see definition): Point forming the W side of the entrance to Malmgren Bay on the W side of Renaud Island, in the Biscoe Islands. First accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for C.I.H. Speerschneider, Danish meteorologist, who was editor of the annual reports on the state of the sea ice in the Arctic issued by Dansk Meteorologisk Institut, 1910-34.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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