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

Feature Class (see definition): Ridge

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3222

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 20' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 146° 52' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.3333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -146.8666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1947

Description (see definition): Low, ice-drowned ridge extending to Sulzberger Ice Shelf from the NW extremity of the Haines Mountains, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by members of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) on the Northeast Flight of Dec. 15-16, 1934. Named for Arnold Court, meteorologist at the West Base of the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41).

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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