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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 18346

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 72° 14' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 100° 35' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.2333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -100.5833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/2003

Description (see definition): A mostly ice-covered rock knoll that rises on the E margin of Hale Glacier, Thurston Island, at the point the glacier enters Abbot Ice Shelf. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after William G. Gould, NOAA specialist, 1960s to the mid 1990s, in the archiving of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer satellite images of the world, including those used for AVHRR image maps of the Antarctic continent.

Date Created (see definition): 01/31/2003

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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