This page presents the geographical name data for
Pourquoi Pas Island 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):
Pourquoi Pas Island
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
12013
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
67° 41' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
067° 28' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-67.6833333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-67.4666667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1950
Description
(see definition):
Mountainous island, 17 mi long and from 5 to 11 mi wide, lying between Bigourdan and Bourgeois Fjords off the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE) under Charcot, 1908-10. The island was charted more accurately by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37, who named it for Charcot's expedition ship, the Pourquoi-Pas?.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Pourquoi Pas Island 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
Pourquoi Pas Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Pourquoi Pas Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.