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

Feature Class (see definition): Basin

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 581

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 80° 41' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 024° 08' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -80.6833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -24.1333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A large cirque on the south face of the central Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy in 1967 and surveyed from the ground by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after William J. Arkell (1904-58), English geologist; specialist in Jurassic stratigraphy and paleontology.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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