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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 826

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 68° 12' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 067° 05' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.2

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.0833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956

Description (see definition): Small rock, just visible at the surface at high tide, lying in the center of the deep water channel approach to Stonington Island, 0.6 mi NW of the W tip of Neny Island in Marguerite Bay. The rock was surveyed in 1947 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and so named by them because it is difficult to see and hinders approaching ships.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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