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

Feature Class (see definition): Cape

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 14366

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 25' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 126° 44' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.4166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 126.7333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1955

Description (see definition): A cape along the western shore of Porpoise Bay, about 17 mi SE of Cape Goodenough. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump (1946-47), and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after William Spieden, Purser on the sloop Peacock during the U.S. Exploring Expedition (USEE) (1838-42) under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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