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

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 5170

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 76° 32' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 144° 45' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -76.5333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -144.75

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1947

Description (see definition): An E-W trending mountain range with marked serrate outlines, standing along the S side of Balchen Glacier at the head of Block Bay, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) in 1929, and named by Byrd for Raymond B. Fosdick, President of the Rockefeller Foundation.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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