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

Feature Class (see definition): Ridge

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 18682

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 32' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 160° 51' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.5333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 160.85

Elevation (see definition): 920

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

Description (see definition): A flat-topped ridge 1 mi long and 0.3 mi wide between Shaw Trough and Healy Trough in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys. The ledge rises to 920 m and is 0.3 mi NW of Hoffman Ledge. The name is descriptive and was recommended by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) because a central N-S hanging valley nearly divides the ledge in half.

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

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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