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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 11966

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 71° 33' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 099° 09' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -71.55

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -99.15

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1960

Description (see definition): A group of low ice-covered rocks forming a menace to navigation along the N coast of Thurston Island, located about 4 mi N of the E extremity of Glacier Bight. Discovered by the U.S. Navy (USN) Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960, and named for Commander Philip W. Porter, Jr., USN, commander of the icebreaker USS Glacier which made this discovery.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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