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

Feature Class (see definition): Range

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 13370

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 70° 45' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 011° 40' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -70.75

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 11.6666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1966

Description (see definition): A line of low coastal hills, 11 mi long, with numerous meltwater ponds, standing 40 mi N of the Humboldt Mountains along the coast of Queen Maud Land. Discovered by German Antarctic Expedition (GerAE) under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for Richardheinrich Schirmacher, pilot of the Boreas, one of the expedition seaplanes.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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