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This page presents the geographical name data for
Butcher 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):
Butcher Ridge
Feature Class
(see definition):
Ridge
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
2214
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
79° 12' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
155° 48' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-79.2
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
155.8
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1965
Description
(see definition):
A large, mainly ice-free ridge near the polar plateau in the W part of the Cook Mountains. The ridge is in the form of an arc, extending NW from Mount Ayres. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander H.K. Butcher, USN, air operations officer on the Staff of the U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, during U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz) 1963 and 1964.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Butcher 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
Butcher Ridge information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Butcher Ridge should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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