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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 9641

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 69° 07' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 064° 45' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -69.1166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 64.75

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1973

Description (see definition): A small nunatak, the top of which is almost at the same level as the surrounding ice plateau, about 5 mi SE of Depot Peak, Mac. Robertson Land. Discovered from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) aircraft in 1970. Named by ANCA after I. McCarthy, senior weather observer at Mawson in 1970, a member of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1971.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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