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

Feature Class (see definition): Range

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 14131

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 60° 42' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 045° 38' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -60.7

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -45.6333333

Elevation (see definition): 240

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1953

Description (see definition): Two snow-covered hills, one 240 m, the other 265 m and 0.25 mi to the west. Located 0.2 mi west of Cemetery Bay in the east-central part of Signy Island. The lower, eastern hill was charted and named "Snow Hill" by DI personnel on the Discovery II in 1933. In local usage the name Snow Hills has become established for both hills.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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