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

Feature Class (see definition): Bay

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 14983

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 69° 58' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 026° 20' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -69.9666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 26.3333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

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

Description (see definition): An indentation of the ice shelf northward of the Sor Rondane Mountains and 42 mi ENE of Breid Bay, along the coast of Queen Maud Land. First mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Tangekilen (the tongue bay) after the large ice tongue just eastward.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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