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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 7926

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 16' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 110° 31' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.2666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 110.5166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

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

Description (see definition): Rocky island, 0.2 mi long, lying close NE of McMullin Island in the entrance of Newcomb Bay, in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp and OpWml in 1947 and 1948. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Arthur L. Kilby, who served as photographer with the central task group of U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47, and with U.S. Navy (USN) OpWml which obtained air and ground photos of the Windmill Islands in January 1948.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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