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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 10287

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 62° 23' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 059° 48' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.3833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -59.8

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965

Description (see definition): Rock lying 2 mi W of Fort William in the Aitcho Islands, in the South Shetland Islands. The name Cape Morris was given by DI personnel on the Discovery II in 1935 to the W extremity of Robert Island, but this point has since been identified as the original location of Fort William. Morris Rock was applied by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 to preserve the name in the area.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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