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

Feature Class (see definition): Cape

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 10926

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 54° 15' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 037° 21' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -54.25

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -37.35

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963

Description (see definition): Rocky and comparatively snow-free peninsula, 5 mi long, lying between Queen Maud Bay and Jossac Bight on the S coast of South Georgia. The feature was known to early whalers and sealers on South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey (SGS) in the period 1951-57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in association with Cape Nunez, the SW extremity of the peninsula.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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