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

Feature Class (see definition): Bay

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 1739

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 67° 40' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 067° 05' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.6666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.0833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1947

Description (see definition): Inlet, 30 mi long in a NE-SW direction and 3 to 5 mi wide, lying between the E sides of Pourquoi Pas and Blaiklock Islands and the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE), 1908-10, under Charcot, and named by him for Col. Joseph E. Bourgeois, Dir. of the Geographic Service of the French Army. The outline of this inlet was more accurately delineated in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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