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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 8381

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 80° 18' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 027° 50' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -80.3

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -27.8333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A scattered group of nunataks extending W for 22 mi from the mouth of Gordon Glacier, on the N side of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE); photographed in 1967 by U.S. Navy aircraft. Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Johannes J. La Grange, South African meteorologist with the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), 1955-58.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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