This page presents the geographical name data for Gamaleya Rock 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): Gamaleya Rock
Feature Class (see definition): Summit
Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID (see definition): 5447
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
71° 44' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
010° 43' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -71.7333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 10.7166667
Elevation (see definition): No data
Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1970
Description (see definition): A rock 2 mi SE of Smirnov Peak, marking the extremity of a line of rocks that extend E from Shcherbakov Range, in the Orvin Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Roughly plotted from air photos by the German Antarctic Expedition (GerAE), 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (NorAE), 1956-60; remapped by Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SovAE), 1960-61, and named after Soviet navigation scientist P. Ya. Gamaleya.
Date Created (see definition): No data
Date Edited (see definition): No data