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This page presents the geographical name data for
Defant Bank 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):
Defant Bank
Feature Class
(see definition):
Bar
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
17205
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
76° 50' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
031° 40' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-76.8333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-31.6666667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1997
Description
(see definition):
A bank in the Weddell Sea amed for Albert Defant (1884-1974), physician, oceanographer/geophysicist specializing in tides. Name proposed by Dr. Heinrich Hinze, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. Name approved 6/97 (Advisory Committee for Undersea Features (ACUF) 271).
Date Created
(see definition):
07/10/1998
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Defant Bank 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
Defant Bank information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Defant Bank should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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