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This page presents the geographical name data for
Tholus, Mount 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):
Tholus, Mount
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
15189
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
63° 16' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
056° 04' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-63.2666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-56.0666667
Elevation
(see definition):
825
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1963
Description
(see definition):
The highest mountain, 825 m, in the ridge extending SW from Postern Gap in the central part of Joinville Island. Surveyed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953-54 and named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1956. The name is descriptive, "tholus" being a circular, domed structure.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Tholus, Mount 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
Tholus, Mount information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Tholus, Mount should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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