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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 206

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 14' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 061° 08' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.2333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -61.1333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965

Description (see definition): Island lying W of Charles Point in Hughes Bay, off the W coast of Graham Land. The name Penguin Island was used for the feature by whalers operating in the area in 1922. Since this name has not been used on published maps and is a duplication of an earlier name, it has been rejected and a new name substituted. Alcock Island is for Sir John W. Alcock (1892-1919), who, with Sir A. Whitten-Brown, made the first nonstop trans-Atlantic flight on June 14-15, 1919.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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