This page presents the geographical name data for
Wilson 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):
Wilson Hill
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
17296
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
78° 10' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
163° 42' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-78.1666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
163.7
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1994
Description
(see definition):
An ice-free hill (931 m) standing 0.85 mile southwest of Janosy Hill, in Porter Hills of the Denton Hills, Scott Coast. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1994) after Terry J. Wilson, a geologist with the Byrd Polar Research Center geological party in Victoria Land, 1989-90; Royal Society Range, 1991-92; a principal investigator in U.S. Antarctic Project (USAP) Transantarctic Mountains deformation network research over several field seasons through 2005-06.
Date Created
(see definition):
09/21/1998
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Wilson 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
Wilson Hill information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Wilson Hill should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.