Feature Name (see definition): Bernal Islands

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 1284

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 22' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 066° 28' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.3666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.4666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965

Description (see definition): A group of four mainly snow-covered islands and a number of rocks lying in Crystal Sound, about 10 mi E of the S end of Lavoisier Island, Biscoe Islands. Mapped from surveys by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958-59) and air photos obtained by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) (1947-48). Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for John D. Bernal, British physicist, joint author with Sir Ralph Fowler of a classic paper on the structure of ice which suggested the location of the hydrogen atoms, in 1933.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data