This page presents the geographical name data for
Coal Island 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):
Coal Island
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
2907
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
54° 02' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
037° 57' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-54.0333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-37.95
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1964
Description
(see definition):
Small tussock-covered island with off-lying rocks marking the W side of the entrance to Coal Harbor, near the W end of South Georgia. Charted by DI personnel on the Discovery during the period 1926-30, and by His (Her) Majesty's Ship (HMS) Owen in 1960-61. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963 in association with Coal Harbor.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Coal 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
Coal Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Coal Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.