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This page presents the geographical name data for
Metchnikoff Point 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):
Metchnikoff Point
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
9903
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
64° 03' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
062° 34' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-64.05
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-62.5666667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1960
Description
(see definition):
Point forming the W extremity of Pasteur Peninsula in northern Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE), 1903-05, and named by Charcot for Elie Metchnikoff, Russian-born zoologist and bacteriologist, who succeeded Pasteur as director of the Pasteur Institute in Paris.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Metchnikoff Point 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
Metchnikoff Point information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Metchnikoff Point should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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