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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 14157

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 65° 04' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 064° 02' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.0666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.0333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1952

Description (see definition): Island forming the E side of Francais Cove, lying in the SW extremity of Port Charcot, which indents the N part of Booth Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE), 1903-05, under Charcot, and named for one of the dogs which died and was buried here. The name has been approved because of its long use.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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