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

Feature Class (see definition): Lake

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 17409

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 35' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 163° 06' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.5833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 163.1

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1997

Description (see definition): A tarn 0.1 mi N of Princeton Tarn in the SW part of Tarn Valley, Victoria Land. The feature is one of four tarns in the valley named by the Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions (VUWAE), 1965-66, after American universities; Penn is a colloquial form of reference to the University of Pennsylvania.

Date Created (see definition): 09/24/1998

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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