This page presents the geographical name data for
Joinville 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):
Joinville Island
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
7618
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
63° 15' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
055° 45' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-63.25
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-55.75
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1947
Description
(see definition):
Largest island of the Joinville Island group, about 40 mi long in an E-W direction and 12 mi wide, lying off the NE tip of Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Antarctic Sound. Discovered and roughly charted in 1838 by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, who named it for Francois Ferdinand Philippe Louis Marie, Prince de Joinville (1818-1900), the third son of the Duc d'Orleans.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Joinville 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
Joinville Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Joinville Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.