This page presents the geographical name data for
Trice Islands 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):
Trice Islands
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
15516
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
72° 25' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
099° 26' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-72.4166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-99.4333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1968
Description
(see definition):
A group of small ice-covered islands lying just W of Evans Point, Thurston Island, in Peacock Sound. The group rises above the general level of Abbot Ice Shelf which occupies the sound. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Jack L. Trice, meteorologist at Byrd Station, 1964-65.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Trice 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
Trice Islands information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Trice Islands should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.