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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3979

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 11' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 110° 24' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.1833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 110.4

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1958

Description (see definition): A chain of about 8 islands lying well offshore, about 5 mi NW of Clark Peninsula in the E part of Vincennes Bay. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47. They were photographed from the air by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) in January, 1956. Named after J. Donovan, Administrative Officer of the Antarctic Division, Melbourne, and leader of a number of relief expeditions to Heard and Macquarie Islands.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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