Feature Name (see definition): Watts Needle

Feature Class (see definition): Pillar

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 16317

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 80° 44' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 024° 59' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -80.7333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -24.9833333

Elevation (see definition): 1450

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A needle-shaped peak (1,450 m) at the SW end of the ridge E of Glen Glacier, in the Read Mountains, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. In association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after William Whitehead Watts (1860-1947), British geologist who worked particularly on the Precambrian rocks of the English midlands; Professor of Geology, Imperial College, London, 1906-30.

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