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Feature Name (see definition): King Cliffs Feature Class (see definition): Cliff Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 7939 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 72° 18' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 096° 07' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.3 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -96.1166667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1970 Description (see definition): Ice-covered cliffs, with numerous rock exposures, forming the S side of the larger N arm of Morgan Inlet, on Thurston Island. The cliffs were first investigated by geologists with the U.S. Navy (USN) Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Charles E. King, geologist, member of the Ellsworth Land Survey which worked at the cliffs in the 1968-69 season. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding King Cliffs 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 Cliffs information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about King Cliffs should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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