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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 8309

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 72° 29' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 001° 13' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.4833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 1.2166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1966

Description (see definition): An isolated peak rising above the ice 7 mi SE of Kvitkjolen Ridge, in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (GerAE) (1938-39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) (1949-52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958-59) and named Kvitho (white hill).

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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