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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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