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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 8391

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 65° 33' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 064° 23' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.55

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.3833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1950

Description (see definition): Island 3 mi long, lying 2 mi W of Nunez Point off the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE), 1903-05, and charted as a point on the coast which Charcot named after Fernando Lahille (1861-1940) Argentine naturalist. Charcot's French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE), 1908-10, determined the insularity of the feature.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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