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

Feature Class (see definition): Ridge

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3263

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 74° 45' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 063° 50' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -74.75

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.8333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1968

Description (see definition): A ridge along the N flank of Strange Glacier in the Latady Mountains, Palmer Land. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) air photos, 1961-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Harold D.K. Crain, utilitiesman with the South Pole Station winter party in 1967.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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