This page presents the geographical name data for
Cooke Crags 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):
Cooke Crags
Feature Class
(see definition):
Cliff
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
3083
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
83° 10' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
050° 43' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-83.1666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-50.7166667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
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No data
Description
(see definition):
Rock crags on the ice slope between Henderson Bluff and Mount Lechner on the W side of Lexington Table, Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains. The area was mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1979 after James E. Cooke, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geophysicist who worked in Forrestal Range and Dufek Massif, 1978-79.
Date Created
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No data
Date Edited
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No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Cooke Crags 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
Cooke Crags information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Cooke Crags should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.