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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 306

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 21' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 110° 29' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.35

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 110.4833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963

Description (see definition): A small chain of islands lying in the N side of the entrance to Sparkes Bay in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp and OpWml in 1947 and 1948. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for William L. Allison, ionospheric scientist and member of the Wilkes Station party of 1958.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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