This page presents the geographical name data for
Currituck 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):
Currituck Island
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
3423
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
66° 05' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
100° 40' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-66.0833333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
100.6666667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1956
Description
(see definition):
Island 7 mi long marked by numerous small coves, lying on the NW side of Edisto Channel in the Highjump Archipelago. Mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp in February, 1947. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1956 after the USS Currituck, seaplane tender and flagship of the western task group of U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, Task Force 68, 1946-47. At that time, the northern portion was thought to be a separate feature and was named "Mohaupt Island," but subsequent Soviet Expeditions (1956-57) found that only one large island exists.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Currituck 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
Currituck Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Currituck Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.