This page presents the geographical name data for
Bellafronto Bight 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):
Bellafronto Bight
Feature Class
(see definition):
Bay
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
17585
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
78° 13' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
165° 06' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-78.2166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
165.1
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1999
Description
(see definition):
An ice-filled embayment between the base of the W side of Brown Peninsula and the low NW foot of Mount Discovery, on Scott Coast, Victoria Land. The bight extends SW-NE for 6 mi from Hahn Island to Swyers Point. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) after Lieutenant Robert L. Bellafronto, Civil Engineer Corps (CEC), USN, a public works officer at McMurdo Station in U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz) 1977 and 1978.
Date Created
(see definition):
12/28/1999
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Bellafronto Bight 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
Bellafronto Bight information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Bellafronto Bight should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.