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.