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

Feature Class (see definition): Cape

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 1042

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 62° 14' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 058° 46' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.2333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -58.7666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1964

Description (see definition): Small peninsula separating Marian and Potter Coves at the SW end of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963 for Colin M. Barton, Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) geologist who worked in this part of King George Island, 1959-61.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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