Feature Name (see definition): Mohn Basin

Feature Class (see definition): Basin

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 10119

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 86° 30' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 168° 00' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -86.5

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -168

Elevation (see definition): No data

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Description (see definition): A major depression in the surface near the edge of the polar plateau. It extends southward from the western limit of Quarles Range for about 100 miles and includes the neve area adjacent to the heads of the Bowman, Devils, Amundsen and Scott Glaciers, in the Queen Maud Mountains. The feature was encountered in December 1911 by the South Pole Party of the Norwegian expedition under Roald Amundsen. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Henrik Mohn, Norwegian meteorologist and author of the meteorological report of this expedition.

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