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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 12052

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 67° 48' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 068° 59' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.8

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.9833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1964

Description (see definition): The largest of the Henkes Islands, lying off the S end of Adelaide Island. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963 for Frank Preston, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) officer in charge and surveyor at Adelaide station, 1961-62, and member of the first party to winter there.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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