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

Feature Class (see definition): Bay

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 4477

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 73° 40' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 082° 00' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -73.6666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -82

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1968

Description (see definition): A bay about 35 mi wide in southern Bellingshausen Sea. It indents the coast of Ellsworth Land west of Wirth Peninsula. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for the U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) oceanographic research ship South Pacific Ocean.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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