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Feature Name (see definition): Rime Crests Feature Class (see definition): Ridge Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 12655 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 60° 38' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 045° 25' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -60.6333333 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -45.4166667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956 Description (see definition): Five crest-like summits surmounting the E side of Sunshine Glacier, Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The name, originally applied to the highest peak by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) following a survey of 1948-49, is descriptive of the feature's heavy cover of hoarfrost, or rime. A collective name for the summits was considered to be more useful. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Rime Crests 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 Rime Crests information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Rime Crests should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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