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This page presents the geographical name data for
Dundee 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):
Dundee Island
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
4167
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
63° 30' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
055° 55' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-63.5
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-55.9166667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1947
Description
(see definition):
Ice-covered island lying E of the NE tip of Antarctic Peninsula and S of Joinville Island. Discovered on Jan. 8, 1893 by Captain Thomas Robertson of the Active and named for the home port, Dundee, Scotland, from whence the ship sailed in company with three other vessels in search of whales.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Dundee 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
Dundee Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Dundee Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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