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

Feature Class (see definition): Range

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 4147

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 52' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 063° 28' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.8666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.4666667

Elevation (see definition): 1415

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

Description (see definition): A mountain range 4 mi long with numerous sharp peaks, the highest 1, 415 m, extending in a NE-SW direction in the S part of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE), 1897-99, and named by Gerlache for Jean DuFief, then general secretary of the Belgian Royal Geographical Society.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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