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This page presents the geographical name data for
Whitewhale Bastion 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):
Whitewhale Bastion
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
16542
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
65° 37' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
062° 30' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-65.6166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-62.5
Elevation
(see definition):
1200
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1976
Description
(see definition):
A prominent L-shaped mass that arises to nearly 1,200 m and dominates Starbuck Glacier, 10 mi from its terminus on the east side of Graham Land. Its east face consists of walls of white granite, hence the name, one of several in the vicinity applied by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in association with Herman Melville's whaling novel, Moby Dick.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Whitewhale Bastion 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
Whitewhale Bastion information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Whitewhale Bastion should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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