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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 13749

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 17' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 110° 30' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.2833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 110.5

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956

Description (see definition): Rocky island 1 mi long, lying 0.1 mi NW of the W end of Bailey Peninsula, in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp in February 1947. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Q. Shirley, chief photographer's mate on U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp photographic flights in this area and other coastal areas between 14 and 164 East longitude.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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