This page presents the geographical name data for
Stonehocker Point 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):
Stonehocker Point
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
14625
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
66° 15' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
110° 31' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-66.25
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
110.5166667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1960
Description
(see definition):
Rocky point on which Wilkes Station is built, forming the W extremity of Clark Peninsula. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47. Wilkes Station was established in 1937 and occupied by a U.S. party under C.R. Eklund. Named by Eklund for Garth H. Stonehocker, ionospheric scientist with the US-IGY wintering party of 1957 at Wilkes Station.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Stonehocker Point 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
Stonehocker Point information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Stonehocker Point should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.