This page presents the geographical name data for
Kring 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):
Kring Islands
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
8224
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
67° 10' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
058° 30' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-67.1666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
58.5
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1965
Description
(see definition):
Two islands and numerous rocks lying at the E side of Bell Bay along the coast of Enderby Land. Mapped as one island by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Kringla (the ring). Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) air photos of 1959 show the feature to be more than one island.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Kring 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
Kring Islands information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Kring Islands should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.