 |
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Feature Name (see definition): Taylor Islands Feature Class (see definition): Island Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 15028 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 10' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 100° 17' 00" E Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.1666667 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 100.2833333 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963 Description (see definition): Group of rocky islands and rocks lying at the W side of Edisto Ice Tongue and marking the W end of the Highjump Archipelago. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47, and named for Richard Spence Taylor, who served as surveyor with the U.S. Navy (USN) OpWml parties which established astronomical control stations from Wilhelm II Coast to Budd Coast in January-February 1948. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Taylor 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 Taylor Islands information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Taylor Islands should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
- Please bookmark this page (add it to your favorites).
- If you wish to link to this page, you can do so by referring to the URL address below this line. https://geographic.org/geographic_names/antname.php?uni=15028&fid=antgeo_123 Copyright © 1995-2024 ITA all rights reserved. |
A * B * C * D * E * F * G * H * I * J * K * L * M * N * O * P * Q * R * S * T * U * V * W * X * Y * Z
. . . Feedback 
 |
