This page presents the geographical name data for
Gardiner Ridge 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):
Gardiner Ridge
Feature Class
(see definition):
Ridge
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
5480
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
75° 39' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
132° 26' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-75.65
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-132.4333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1974
Description
(see definition):
A ridge extending from Mount Kauffman to Mount Kosciusko in the Ames Range, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for James E. Gardiner, CD1, U.S. Navy (USN), Construction Driver and member of the Army-Navy Trail Party which blazed trail from Little America V to establish Byrd Station in 1956.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Gardiner Ridge 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
Gardiner Ridge information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Gardiner Ridge should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.