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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 5591

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 67° 43' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 050° 00' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.7166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 50

Elevation (see definition): 1555

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965

Description (see definition): Mountain, 1,555 m, close W of Simpson Peak in the Scott Mountains. Plotted from air photos taken by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) in 1956 and 1957. The name was first applied by John Biscoe (1830-31), probably after one of the Enderby Brothers, the owners of his vessel. As Biscoe's feature could not be identified among the many peaks in the area, the name was applied to this feature by ANCA in 1962.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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