This page presents the geographical name data for
Day 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):
Day Island
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
3608
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
67° 15' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
067° 42' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-67.25
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-67.7
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1956
Description
(see definition):
Island, 7 mi long and 3 mi wide, lying immediately S of The Gullet and 2 mi N of Wyatt Island in the N part of Laubeuf Fjord, off the W coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, who used the provisional name Middle Island for this feature. The island was resurveyed in 1948 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and renamed by them for V. Admiral Sir Archibald Day, Hydrographer to the Navy.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Day 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
Day Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Day Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.