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Feature Name (see definition): Tau Islands Feature Class (see definition): Island Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 15014 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 18' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 062° 55' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.3 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.9166667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963 Description (see definition): Small group of islands and rocks which lie immediately off the NE extremity of Eta Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. The name, derived from the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet, appears to have been first used on a 1946 Argentine government chart following surveys of the islands by Argentine expeditions in 1942 and 1943. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Tau Islands 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 Tau Islands information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Tau Islands should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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