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Feature Name (see definition): Chappel Island Feature Class (see definition): Island Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 2640 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 11' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 110° 25' 00" E Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.1833333 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 110.4166667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1971 Description (see definition): The largest of the Donovan Islands, lying about 5 mi NW of Clark Peninsula in the E part of Vincennes Bay. The island has a number of large Adelie penguin rookeries. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for CWO R.L. Chappel, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), motion picture officer on U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp photographic flights in this area and other coastal areas between 14 and 164 east longitude. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Chappel 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 Chappel Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Chappel Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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