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

Feature Class (see definition): Harbor

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 2807

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 65° 11' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 064° 10' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.1833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.1666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1960

Description (see definition): A cove indenting the SE side of Petermann Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered on Jan. 1, 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE) under Charcot, who named it for the holy day on which it was first sighted. The cove served as a base for the ship Pourquoi-Pas? during the 1909 winter season.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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