This page presents the geographical name data for
Orne Harbor 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):
Orne Harbor
Feature Class
(see definition):
Harbor
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
11158
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
64° 37' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
062° 32' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-64.6166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-62.5333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1963
Description
(see definition):
Cove 1 mi wide, indenting the W coast of Graham Land 2 mi SW of Cape Anna. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Gerlache in 1898. The name Orne Harbor was probably in use by Norwegian whalers, because it was used by Scottish geologist David Ferguson following his geologic reconnaissance of this area aboard the whaler Hanka in 1913.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Orne Harbor 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
Orne Harbor information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Orne Harbor should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.