This page presents the geographical name data for
Balaena Islands 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):
Balaena Islands
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
877
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
66° 01' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
111° 06' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-66.0166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
111.1
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1963
Description
(see definition):
A small group of rocky islands lying close to the coast of Antarctica, 10 mi NE of Cape Folger. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after the British floating factory, Balaena from which sketches of Knox and Budd Coasts were obtained as the result of reconnaissance flights and shipboard observations in 1947.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Balaena Islands 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
Balaena Islands information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Balaena Islands should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.