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Coal Island: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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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.


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