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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 15893

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 80° 16' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 155° 22' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -80.2666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 155.3666667

Elevation (see definition): 2000

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965

Description (see definition): A flat-topped hill, over 2,000 m above sea level and 300 m above the surrounding plateau, standing 10 mi SW of Mount Henderson in the western part of Britannia Range. This is the most southerly point reached by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) (1957-58), who gave it this name because of the splendid view it afforded.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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