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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 7938

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 69° 53' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 069° 26' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -69.8833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -69.4333333

Elevation (see definition): 1890

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

Description (see definition): Flat-topped, mainly ice-covered mountain, 1,890 m, between Sedgwick and Tumble Glaciers and connected by an ice-covered spur to the Douglas Range to the W, on the E coast of Alexander Island. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named by them for William B.R. King, professor of geology at Cambridge University.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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