This page presents the geographical name data for
Béchervaise Island 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):
Béchervaise Island
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
1149
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
67° 35' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
062° 49' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-67.5833333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
62.8166667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1965
Description
(see definition):
Largest of the Flat Islands in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. It is one of several plotted as a part of "Flatoy" (flat island) by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Found to be a separate island by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) in 1954 and named for John M. Bechervaise, officer in charge at Mawson Station in 1955 and 1959.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Béchervaise Island 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
Béchervaise Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Béchervaise Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.