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

Feature Class (see definition): Channel

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 14302

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 65° 18' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 065° 20' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.3

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.3333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1970

Description (see definition): A navigable passage between Betheder Islands and Dickens Rocks, located at the north extremity of the Biscoe Islands. Named by Captain S.R. Dolber, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), commander of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) 1967-68 season.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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