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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3325

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 00' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 150° 00' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -150

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1966

Description (see definition): A high, ice-covered island about 20 mi long. It lies between Vollmer Island and Steventon Island in the Marshall Archipelago, off the coast of Marie Byrd Land. The feature was first observed and roughly delineated from aerial photographs taken by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE), 1928-30. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander W.R. Cronenwett, U.S. Navy (USN), Photographic Officer for Deep Freeze II, 1956-57, and Public Information Officer for Task Group 43.1 during Deep Freeze 1962.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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