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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 5964

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 21' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 136° 43' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.35

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 136.7166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1955

Description (see definition): Small rock outcrop about 1 mi SE of Rock X, protruding above the coastal ice at the E side of Victor Bay. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE), 1952-53, and so named by them because of its resemblance to Gravenoire, the name of a puy or dome-shaped hill overlooking the city of Clermont-Ferrand, which lies in the chain of extinct volcanoes forming the Monts d'Auvergne of central France.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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