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

Feature Class (see definition): Channel

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 2156

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 63° 08' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 056° 32' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.1333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -56.5333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1952

Description (see definition): A marine passage between D'Urville Island and Bransfield Island, off the NE end of Antarctic Peninsula. Charted in 1947 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named after Eugene Burden (1892-1979), who, as master of the Trepassey, first navigated the passage in January 1947.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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