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Feature Name (see definition): Porter Hills Feature Class (see definition): Summit Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 17256 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 78° 10' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 163° 40' 00" E Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -78.1666667 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 163.6666667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1994 Description (see definition): A series of ice-free hills which rise to 931 m in Wilson Hill and extend west-east between Hidden Valley and Ward Valley in Denton Hills, Scott Coast. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1994) after Raymond C. Porter, Electronics Technician, USCG, a crewman of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Glacier, who was killed in an offloading accident at McMurdo Station, February 8, 1979. Date Created (see definition): 09/21/1998 Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Porter 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 Porter Hills information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Porter Hills should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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