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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 933

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 71° 40' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 068° 12' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -71.6666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.2

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956

Description (see definition): An almost rectangular block of sandstone which rises to c. 300 m 2 mi N of Triton Point at the mouth of Venus Glacier on the E coast of Alexander Island. The coast in this vicinity was first seen from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on Nov. 23, 1935, and roughly mapped from photos obtained on that flight by W.L.G. Joerg. This feature was first surveyed in 1949 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who so named it because of its conspicuous sedimentary bands.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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