This page presents the geographical name data for
Burnet Cove 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):
Burnet Cove
Feature Class
(see definition):
Bay
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
2171
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
54° 14' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
036° 30' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-54.2333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-36.5
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1956
Description
(see definition):
Cove 0.5 mi SW of Mai Point, on the E side of Maiviken in Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Roughly surveyed by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE), 1901-04, under Nordenskjold. Resurveyed in 1929 by DI personnel, and in 1951 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). The name Burnet, given by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC), is the English name of a plant (genus Acaena) which is common in this vicinity.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Burnet Cove 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
Burnet Cove information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Burnet Cove should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.