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Feature Name (see definition): Yankee Harbor Feature Class (see definition): Harbor Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 16859 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 62° 32' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 059° 47' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.5333333 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -59.7833333 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1947 Description (see definition): Small harbor entered between Glacier Bluff and Spit Point, indenting the SW side of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. Yankee Harbor was known to both American sealers and the British as early as 1820, and this name is now established in international usage. Port Foster, the crater harbor of Deception Island, has at times also been referred to as Yankee Harbor. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Yankee Harbor 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 Yankee Harbor information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Yankee Harbor should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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