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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 17471

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 25' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 161° 10' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.4166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 161.1666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1998

Description (see definition): An ice-free mesa of 0.8 mi extent, located 0.9 mi ENE of Green Mesa in the W part of Insel Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) after Donald E. Canfield, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, who made a geochemical analysis of the Onyx River and Lake Vanda with William J. Green (Green Mesa) in the 1980-81, 1986-87, and 1987-88 field seasons.

Date Created (see definition): 09/25/1998

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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