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Feature Name (see definition): Slumkey Island Feature Class (see definition): Island Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 14041 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 65° 30' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 065° 28' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.5 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.4666667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965 Description (see definition): Largest island of the group lying E of Tupman Island, Pitt Islands, in the Biscoe Islands. First accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 after the Honorable Samuel Slumkey, a character in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Slumkey 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 Slumkey Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Slumkey Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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