This page presents the geographical name data for
Burkett Nunatak 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):
Burkett Nunatak
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
2164
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
72° 42' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
162° 14' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-72.7
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
162.2333333
Elevation
(see definition):
2180
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1969
Description
(see definition):
A nunatak, 2,180 m, standing 1 mi E of Minaret Nunatak, in the Monument Nunataks. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Willis A. Burkett, aviation electronics technician of U.S. Navy (USN) Squadron VX-6. Burkett made six deployments with Deep Freeze expeditions and participated in over 100 flights to McMurdo Sound.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
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No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Burkett Nunatak 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
Burkett Nunatak information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Burkett Nunatak should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.