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Feature Name (see definition): Piccard Cove Feature Class (see definition): Bay Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 11737 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 45' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 062° 19' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.75 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.3166667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965 Description (see definition): Cove forming the southernmost part of Wilhelmina Bay, along the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist, stratosphere pioneer who reached a height of 9.5 mi in a hydrogen-filled balloon in 1931. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Piccard Cove 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 Piccard Cove information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Piccard Cove should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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