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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 10402

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 67° 19' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 144° 15' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.3166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 144.25

Elevation (see definition): 565

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1950

Description (see definition): A dome-shaped, mostly snow-covered mountain (565 m) on the W side of the Mertz Glacier, about 11 mi SW of the head of Buchanan Bay. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Roderick Murchison of Melbourne, a patron of the expedition.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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