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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 15794

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 69° 57' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 012° 50' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -69.95

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 12.8333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1971

Description (see definition): An ice point along the W edge of Lazarev Ice Shelf about 3 mi N of Leningradskiy Island, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SovAE) in 1959. They named it Mys Uragannyy (hurricane point) because a strong hurricane occurred during the stay of the ship Ob' near this point.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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