This page presents the geographical name data for
Wild Spur 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):
Wild Spur
Feature Class
(see definition):
Ridge
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
16592
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
64° 42' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
062° 32' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-64.7
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-62.5333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1965
Description
(see definition):
Spur extending from Pulfrich Peak to the W side of Arctowski Peninsula, on the W coast of Graham Land. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Heinrich Wild (1833-1902), Swiss instrument designer responsible for the autograph, first used about 1924 for stereosurvey from ground stations and later adapted for air survey.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Wild Spur 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
Wild Spur information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Wild Spur should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.