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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 13797

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 68° 53' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 066° 47' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.8833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.7833333

Elevation (see definition): 1250

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1947

Description (see definition): Mountain, 1,250 m, standing on the S side of Clarke Glacier and 14 mi E of Cape Berteaux, on the W coast of Graham Land. So named by Finn Ronne of the East Base of the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, because its peculiar shape was suggestive of that of a sickle.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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