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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 11607

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 00' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 065° 22' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.3666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

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

Description (see definition): Island lying just off Prospect Point in the Fish Islands, off the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. So named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 because it is one of the Fish Islands.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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