This page presents the geographical name data for
Panter Ridge 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):
Panter Ridge
Feature Class
(see definition):
Ridge
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
17876
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
77° 33' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
169° 03' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-77.55
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
169.05
Elevation
(see definition):
800
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/2000
Description
(see definition):
A solitary ridge 0.5 mi long in the S part of Kyle Hills, Ross Island. The feature rises to 800 m between Slattery Peak and Detrick Peak. At the suggestion of P.R. Kyle, named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2000) after Kurt S. Panter, who, as a Ph.D. student at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, worked extensively in Marie Byrd Land where he completed his dissertation on rocks from Mount Sidley; also assisted with work on Mount Erebus in five field seasons, 1988-96.
Date Created
(see definition):
10/27/2000
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Panter Ridge 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
Panter Ridge information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Panter Ridge should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.