This page presents the geographical name data for Sechrist Ridge 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): Sechrist Ridge
Feature Class (see definition): Ridge
Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID (see definition): 19155
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
77° 14' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
162° 25' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.2333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 162.4166667
Elevation (see definition): No data
Decision Year (see definition): 01/15/2008
Description (see definition): A narrow rock spur, 3 miles long, descending NE from the central ridge just east of Mount Evans and terminating 1 mile east of Mount Bevilacqua, Saint Johns Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2007) after Daniel Robert Sechrist, U. S. Geological Survey geographer from 1980 involved in traditional mapping, digital mapping and mapping research; from 2004, manager of the U.S. Antarctic Resource Center at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Reston, VA; a member of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Survey team deployed to McMurdo Dry Valleys, November-December 2004.
Date Created (see definition): 01/21/2008
Date Edited (see definition): No data