This page presents the geographical name data for
Shull Rocks 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):
Shull Rocks
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
13784
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
66° 27' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
066° 40' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-66.45
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-66.6666667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1965
Description
(see definition):
A chain of low snow-covered rocks and one small island, lying in Crystal Sound about 10 mi NW of Cape Rey, Graham Land. Mapped from surveys by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958-59). Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Clifford G. Shull, American physicist who used neutron diffraction to determine the position of the hydrogen atoms in ice.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Shull Rocks 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
Shull Rocks information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Shull Rocks should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.