This page presents the geographical name data for
Rustad Knoll 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):
Rustad Knoll
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
13070
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
54° 28' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
003° 23' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-54.4666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
3.3833333
Elevation
(see definition):
365
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1957
Description
(see definition):
A rounded, snow-topped elevation (365 m) which surmounts the S shore of Bouvetoya immediately E of Cato Point. First charted in 1898 by a German expedition under Karl Chun. The knoll was recharted in December 1927 by the Norvegia expedition under Captain Harald Horntvedt. They named it for Ditlef Rustad who was in charge of the biological research of the expedition.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Rustad Knoll 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
Rustad Knoll information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Rustad Knoll should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.