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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 15233

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 67° 27' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 063° 33' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.45

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 63.55

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965

Description (see definition): The largest island in the NE part of the Robinson Group, lying 7 mi NW of Cape Daly. This island and those near it were sighted in 1931 by the crew of the Norwegian whale catcher names Thorgaut and Robinson, respectively, for the group. Having approved Robinson as the group name, Thorgaut Island has been approved for the most conspicuous of its features.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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