This page presents the geographical name data for
Stone Ridge 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):
Stone Ridge
Feature Class
(see definition):
Ridge
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
18763
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
77° 16' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
161° 52' 45" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-77.2666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
161.8791667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/2005
Description
(see definition):
A ridge surmounted by Mount Swinford, 1550 m, extending SW-NE between Ringer Glacier and Dahe Glacier in St. Johns Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2005) after Brian Stone, U.S. Antarctic Project (USAP) logistics specialist with Antarctic Support Associates from 1990; Science Cargo Coordinator for McMurdo Station cargo, 1992-95; Terminal Operations Manager, McMurdo Station, 1995-97; Terminal Operations Manager, Christchurch, NZ, 1997-2000; Research Support Manager, OPP, NSF, 2000-05
Date Created
(see definition):
01/01/2005
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Stone Ridge 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
Stone Ridge information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Stone Ridge should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.