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

Feature Class (see definition): Range

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 12249

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 83° 20' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 161° 30' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -83.3333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 161.5

Elevation (see definition): 4350

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1962

Description (see definition): A rugged mountain range paralleling the E side of Marsh Glacier for nearly 100 mi from Nimrod Glacier in the north to Law Glacier in the south. Mount Markham, 4,350 m, is the highest elevation in the range. Named by J.H. Miller of the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) (1956-58) who, with G.W. Marsh, explored this area. It was named for Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, the patron of the expedition.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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