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Feature Name (see definition): Box Reef Feature Class (see definition): Bar Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 1782 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 67° 45' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 069° 03' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.75 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -69.05 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1964 Description (see definition): A line of drying rocks lying between Esplin Islands and League Rock, off the S end of Adelaide Island. The name, given by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963 in association with nearby Cox Reef, derives from the well-known English literary allusion to a pair of individuals who occupied the same lodgings alternately day and night without knowledge of each other. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Box Reef 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 Box Reef information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Box Reef should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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