This page presents the geographical name data for
Matador 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):
Matador Mountain
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
9535
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
85° 10' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
176° 50' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-85.1666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-176.8333333
Elevation
(see definition):
1950
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1964
Description
(see definition):
A prominent, ice-free mountain, 1,950 m, standing at the S side of the mouth of Gallup Glacier where the latter enters Shackleton Glacier. Named by F. Alton Wade, leader of the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition (1962-63) because all three members of the party were affiliated with this college. "Matador" is the general name for the student body at Texas Technological College.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Matador 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
Matador Mountain information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Matador Mountain should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.