This page presents the geographical name data for Deimos 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): Deimos Ridge
Feature Class (see definition): Ridge
Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID (see definition): 3684
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
71° 56' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
068° 36' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -71.9333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.6
Elevation (see definition): No data
Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956
Description (see definition): Prominent, narrow rocky spur of sandstone and shales, 3 mi SW of Phobos Ridge and Mars Glacier in the SE corner of Alexander Island. First seen from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on Nov. 23, 1935, and mapped from photos obtained on that flight by W.L.G. Joerg. First surveyed in 1949 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for its association with Mars Glacier, Deimos being the outer of two satellites of Mars.
Date Created (see definition): No data
Date Edited (see definition): No data