This page presents the geographical name data for
Walsh Knob 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):
Walsh Knob
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
18591
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
72° 13' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
096° 03' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-72.2166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-96.05
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/2003
Description
(see definition):
A small but distinctive ice-covered elevation that rises midway along the S side of Lofgren Peninsula in E Thurston Island. The feature has a rounded appearance except for a cliff at the S side. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after R.W. Walsh, Photographer's Mate in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas, 1946-47
Date Created
(see definition):
01/23/2004
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Walsh Knob 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
Walsh Knob information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Walsh Knob should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.