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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3995

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 85° 54' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 158° 53' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -85.9

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -158.8833333

Elevation (see definition): 2250

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1967

Description (see definition): Conspicuous ice-free mountain, 2,250 m, projecting into the E side of Amundsen Glacier just S of the mouth of Cappellari Glacier. Discovered and first mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE), 1928-30. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Wakefield Dort, Jr., geologist at McMurdo Station, summer 1965-66, and exchange scientist at the Japanese Showa Station, winter 1967.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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