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Feature Name (see definition): Owston Islands Feature Class (see definition): Island Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 11249 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 23' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 066° 06' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.3833333 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.1 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965 Description (see definition): A group of small islands lying 1 mi W of Darbel Islands in Crystal Sound. Mapped from surveys by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958-59). Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for P.G. Owston, British crystallographer who has interpreted x-ray diffraction work on ice in terms of structure and movement of molecules. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Owston Islands 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 Owston Islands information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Owston Islands should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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