This page presents the geographical name data for
Lomonosov Mountains 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):
Lomonosov Mountains
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
8980
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
71° 31' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
015° 20' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-71.5166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
15.3333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1970
Description
(see definition):
A somewhat isolated chain of mountains extending 18 mi NE-SW, located 20 mi E of the Wohlthat Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Discovered and first plotted from air photos by the German Antarctic Expedition (GerAE), 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (NorAE), 1958-59; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SovAE), 1960-61, and named after M.V. Lomonosov, Russian scientist.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Lomonosov Mountains 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
Lomonosov Mountains information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Lomonosov Mountains should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.