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

Feature Class (see definition): Bay

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 16841

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 44' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 064° 10' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.7333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.1666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1971

Description (see definition): Bay 4 mi wide, lying between Cape Monaco and Norsel Point on the SW coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE) under Charcot, 1903-05. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for John P. Wylie, Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) surveyor at Arthur Harbor in 1956 and 1957.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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