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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3304

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 63° 25' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 056° 59' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.4166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -56.9833333

Elevation (see definition): 125

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963

Description (see definition): The summit, 125 m, of a moraine just E of Lake Boeckella and 0.5 mi S of Hut Cove, Hope Bay, on Trinity Peninsula. Mapped in 1945 and 1948 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). The feature marks the summit of the initial steep slope up from the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) station at Hope Bay. The name originated locally in about 1945.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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