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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 6010

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 14' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 110° 38' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.2333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 110.6333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1960

Description (see definition): Small cluster of rocks, 0.25 mi E of Honkala Island and an equal distance offshore, in the E part of Swain Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47, and included in a 1957 survey of Swain Islands by Wilkes Station personnel under C.R. Eklund. Named by Eklund for Construction Driver 2d Class Sydney E. Green, USN, a Navy support force member of the 1957 wintering party at Wilkes Station during the IGY.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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