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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 12908

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 85° 04' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 179° 06' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -85.0666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -179.1

Elevation (see definition): 3450

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A spectacular mountain (3,450 m) which forms a distinctive landmark between the heads of Gallup and Baldwin Glaciers in the Queen Maud Mountains. The mountain is entirely snow covered on the SW side but has nearly vertical exposed-rock cliffs on the NE side. Discovered and photographed by R. Admiral Byrd on the South Pole Flight of November 1929. Named by Byrd for Julius Rosenwald of Chicago, a contributor to the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) of 1928-30 and 1933-35.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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