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This page presents the geographical name data for
Balchen Mountain 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):
Balchen Mountain
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
885
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
72° 00' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
027° 12' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-72
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
27.2
Elevation
(see definition):
2820
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1962
Description
(see definition):
Mountain, 2,820 m, standing at the E side of Byrdbreen in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47, and named for Bernt Balchen, famous Norwegian polar aviator and chief pilot of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE), 1928-30.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Balchen Mountain 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
Balchen Mountain information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Balchen Mountain should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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