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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 17251

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 78° 05' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 162° 13' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -78.0833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 162.2166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1994

Description (see definition): A cluster of prominent peaks that rise to 3091 m at the south end of Sickle Ridge, Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1994) after the Murcray brothers, David G. and Frank H., and Frank J. Murcray (son of David G.), University of Denver, long term specialists in infrared spectroscopy in Antarctica.

Date Created (see definition): 09/21/1998

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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