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

Feature Class (see definition): Channel

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 1543

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 65° 14' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 064° 15' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.2333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.25

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1971

Description (see definition): Passage leading northward from Meek Channel between Corner Island and Uruguay Island, in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Able Seaman Vincent T. Bloor, Royal Navy (RN), a member of the British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit in the area in 1957-58.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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