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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 4770

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 79° 12' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 028° 49' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -79.2

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -28.8166667

Elevation (see definition): 1175

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1960

Description (see definition): Prominent, snow-covered mountain, 1,175 m, marking the S extremity of the Theron Mountains. Discovered by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) in 1956, and so named because during days of sledging toward this mountain they never seemed to be any nearer to it.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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