This page presents the geographical name data for
King Range 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 Range
Feature Class
(see definition):
Range
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
7972
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
71° 52' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
165° 03' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-71.8666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
165.05
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1964
Description
(see definition):
A mountain range, 14 mi long and 5 mi wide, in northwestern Victoria Land. The range is bounded on the W by Rawle Glacier and Leitch Massif, on the NW by Black Glacier and on the NE and E by the head of Lillie Glacier. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander James P. King, U.S. Navy (USN), staff meteorological officer on Deep Freeze operations, 1962-64.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
King Range 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 Range information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
King Range should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.