This page presents the geographical name data for
Bastien Range 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):
Bastien Range
Feature Class
(see definition):
Range
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
1062
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
78° 50' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
086° 00' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-78.8333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-86
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1969
Description
(see definition):
A mountain range of moderate height which extends in a NW-SE direction for about 40 mi, flanking the SW side of Nimitz Glacier and the Sentinel Range, in the Ellsworth Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Thomas W. Bastien, geologist, leader of the helicopter supported University of Minnesota Geological Party to these mountains, 1963-64. Bastien was also a member of a party to the Ellsworth Mountains in 1961-62.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Bastien Range 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
Bastien Range information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Bastien Range should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.