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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 391

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 67° 36' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 068° 13' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.6

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.2166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963

Description (see definition): Island lying 0.7 mi SE of Lagoon Island in the Leonie Islands, off the SE coast of Adelaide Island. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE), 1908-10. Named by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, who visited the island in February 1936.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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