This page presents the geographical name data for
Princess Martha Coast 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):
Princess Martha Coast
Feature Class
(see definition):
Beach
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
12111
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
72° 00' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
007° 30' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-72
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-7.5
Elevation
(see definition):
35
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1952
Description
(see definition):
That portion of the coast of Queen Maud Land lying between 0500E and the terminus of Stancomb-Wills Glacier, in 2000W. The entire coastline is bounded by ice shelves with ice cliffs 20 to 35 m high. The name Crown Princess Martha Land was originally applied by Captain Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen to that section of the coast in the vicinity of Cape Norvegia which he discovered from the Norvegia and roughly charted from the air during February 1930.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Princess Martha Coast 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
Princess Martha Coast information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Princess Martha Coast should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.