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

Feature Class (see definition): Range

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 12818

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 72° 15' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 024° 31' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.25

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 24.5166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1966

Description (see definition): Small group of peaks standing just SW of Dufek Mountain in the Sor Rondane Mountains. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47, and named for Lieutenant Commander William J. Rogers, Jr. USN, plane commander of one of the three aerial crews of U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp which flew photographic flights in this and other coastal areas between 14 and 164 East longitude.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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