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

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 18678

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 33' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 161° 21' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.55

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 161.35

Elevation (see definition): 935

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/2004

Description (see definition): An acclivity and cliff (935 m) about 0.8 mi W of Hall Bluff on the Dais, Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after Kent Anderson, Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey, Albuquerque, NM, from 1992; played a key role in the installation of the VNDA seismograph station (Bull Pass, near Lake Vanda) in the early 1990s.

Date Created (see definition): 07/14/2004

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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