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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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