This page presents the geographical name data for
Diamonen 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):
Diamonen Island
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
3831
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
64° 02' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
061° 17' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-64.0333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-61.2833333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1965
Description
(see definition):
Island lying N of Moreno Rock in Gerlache Strait, off the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Gerlache, 1897-99. The island was called Big Diamonen Island by Captain Skidsmo of the Graham in 1921-22. The name was shortened by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Diamonen 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
Diamonen Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Diamonen Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.