This page presents the geographical name data for
Crater Cirque 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):
Crater Cirque
Feature Class
(see definition):
Basin
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
3280
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
72° 38' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
169° 22' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-72.6333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
169.3666667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1962
Description
(see definition):
A cirque on the S wall of Tucker Glacier, immediately W of its junction with Whitehall Glacier. In its floor is an attractive lake containing red and green algae, and in the surrounding rock walls there are nests of Wilson's petrels, skuas, and snow petrels, as well as running streams and growths of moss and lichens. Given this descriptive came by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Crater Cirque 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
Crater Cirque information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Crater Cirque should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.