This page presents the geographical name data for
Dunn Spur 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):
Dunn Spur
Feature Class
(see definition):
Ridge
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
4178
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
86° 21' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
147° 22' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-86.35
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-147.3666667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1967
Description
(see definition):
A prominent rock spur which descends from Mount Blackburn and extends for 5 mi along the N side of Van Reeth Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Thomas H. Dunn of U.S. Navy (USN) Squadron VX-6, aircrewman on photographic aircraft over Antarctica on Operation Deep Freeze 1964, 1966 and 1967.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Dunn Spur 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
Dunn Spur information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Dunn Spur should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.