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This page presents the geographical name data for
Barkow, Mount 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):
Barkow, Mount
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
976
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
73° 22' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
062° 48' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-73.3666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-62.8
Elevation
(see definition):
1390
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1953
Description
(see definition):
Mountain, 1,390 m, which stands 20 mi W of Court Nunatak and New Bedford Inlet and marks the E end of the ridge separating Haines and Meinardus Glaciers, on the E side of Palmer Land. Discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS). Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) under Ronne, who in conjunction with the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) mapped it from the ground in 1947. Named by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) for Erich Barkow, German meteorologist and member of the German Antarctic Expedition (GerAE), 1911-12, under Filchner.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Barkow, Mount 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
Barkow, Mount information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Barkow, Mount should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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