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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 13933

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 67° 47' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 068° 54' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.7833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.9

Elevation (see definition): No data

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

Description (see definition): Two rocks lying S of Avian Island, off the S end of Adelaide Island. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Lieutenant Michael G.C. Skeen, Royal Navy (RN), officer in charge of the helicopter flight, His (Her) Majesty's Ship (HMS) charting this area in 1961-63.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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