This page presents the geographical name data for
Wolseley Buttress 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):
Wolseley Buttress
Feature Class
(see definition):
Cliff
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
16756
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
64° 12' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
059° 47' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-64.2
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-59.7833333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1964
Description
(see definition):
A high buttress on the southern edge of Detroit Plateau, Graham Land, forming the W side of Albone Glacier. Mapped from surveys by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960-61). Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Co. which, in 1908-10, designed the experimental motor sledge used by Captain Scott's 1910-13 expedition.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Wolseley Buttress 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
Wolseley Buttress information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Wolseley Buttress should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.