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Feature Name (see definition): Cherry Island Feature Class (see definition): Island Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 2712 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 73° 45' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 123° 32' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -73.75 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -123.5333333 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1967 Description (see definition): An ice-covered island, 3 mi long, lying between Siple and Carney Islands and just within the Getz Ice Shelf, along the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Chief Warrant Officer J.M. Cherry, a member of the U.S. Army Aviation Detachment in Antarctica during U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz) 1966. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Cherry Island 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 Cherry Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cherry Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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