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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 17386

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 34' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 163° 11' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.5666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 163.1833333

Elevation (see definition): 700

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1997

Description (see definition): An ice free summit 0.8 mi NE of Mount Falconer, rising to 700 m on the N side of Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. The name Henderson Hill appears in a 1968 report and geologic sketch map of the area prepared by the Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions (VUWAE), 1965-66, and is presumably named after Robert A. Henderson, a member of the Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions (VUWAE) field party, later with the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Date Created (see definition): 09/23/1998

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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