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This page presents the geographical name data for
Southard, Cape 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):
Southard, Cape
Feature Class
(see definition):
Cape
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
14251
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
66° 32' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
122° 05' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-66.5333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
122.0833333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1955
Description
(see definition):
An ice-covered cape separating the Banzare and Sabrina Coasts of Wilkes Land. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump, 1946-47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Samuel Lewis Southard, Secretary of the Navy under President John Quincy Adams. While serving as Senator from New Jersey, Southard was instrumental in initiating interest in a government scientific expedition and gaining congressional authorization of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-42, under Charles Wilkes.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Southard, Cape 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
Southard, Cape information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Southard, Cape should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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