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This page presents the geographical name data for
Chapman Rocks 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):
Chapman Rocks
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
2638
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
62° 30' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
060° 29' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-62.5
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-60.4833333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1965
Description
(see definition):
Group of rocks lying in Hero Bay, Livingston Island, 3.5 mi SW of Desolation Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 for Thomas Chapman, English trunkmaker of Southwark, who, in 1795 discovered a method of processing fur seal skins for use in the hat trade, thus initiating the industry in London.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Chapman Rocks 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
Chapman Rocks information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Chapman Rocks should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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