This page presents the geographical name data for
Latady 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):
Latady Island
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
8571
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
70° 45' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
074° 35' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-70.75
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-74.5833333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1961
Description
(see definition):
Low ice-covered island, 35 mi long and more than 10 mi wide, lying 45 mi S of Charcot Island and W of Alexander Island. An ice-covered feature in this approximate position was seen from the air and described by Sir Hubert Wilkins in 1929, but not recognized as an island or separately mapped. The island was first photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and mapped from these photos by Searle of the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for William R. Latady, aerial photographer and navigator on the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) flight.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Latady 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
Latady Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Latady Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.