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

Feature Class (see definition): Bay

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 16732

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 83° 02' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 167° 35' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -83.0333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 167.5833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1966

Description (see definition): An ice-filled inlet at the terminus of Ekblad Glacier, opening on to the Ross Ice Shelf just W of Driscoll Point. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1959-60) for K.C. Wise, who was a member of the expedition and wintered over in 1959.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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