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

Feature Class (see definition): Cliff

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 8667

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 69° 21' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 063° 18' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -69.35

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.3

Elevation (see definition): 750

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1962

Description (see definition): An irregular cliff-like elevation (750 m) situated 11 mi W of Cape Reichelderfer on the E side of Palmer Land. It marks the N side of the divide between Bingham Glacier and a smaller unnamed glacier next northward. The feature was photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935, the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940, and the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) in 1947. Surveyed by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947. Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1962 after Charles F. LeFeuvre, radio operator at Brunt Ice Shelf in 1956, Signy Island in 1959, and Horseshoe and Stonington Islands in 1960.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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