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

Feature Class (see definition): Range

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 15196

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 84° 21' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 065° 12' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -84.35

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.2

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1968

Description (see definition): A linear group of hills, 17 mi long, between Foundation Ice Stream and MacNamara Glacier at the N end of Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) at the suggestion of Captain Finn Ronne, U.S. Navy Reserve (USNR), leader at Ellsworth Station, 1957. Charles S. Thomas was Secretary of the Navy, 1954-57, during the first few years of U.S. Navy (USN) Deep Freeze operations.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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