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This page presents the geographical name data for
Longing, Cape 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):
Longing, Cape
Feature Class
(see definition):
Cape
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
8997
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
64° 33' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
058° 50' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-64.55
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-58.8333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1947
Description
(see definition):
Rocky cape on the E coast of Graham Land, forming the S end of a large ice-covered promontory which marks the W side of the S entrance to Prince Gustav Channel. Discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE) under Nordenskjold in 1902, and so named by him because from the position of his winter hut on Snow Hill Island the cape lay in the direction of his "land of longing" which he was anxious to explore.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Longing, Cape 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
Longing, Cape information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Longing, Cape should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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