This page presents the geographical name data for
Ford 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):
Ford Island
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
5124
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
66° 24' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
110° 31' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-66.4
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
110.5166667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1956
Description
(see definition):
Rocky island, 1.3 mi long, between O'Connor and Cloyd Islands in the S part of the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp and OpWml in 1947 and 1948. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Homer D. Ford, photographic officer with the eastern task group of U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47, and assistant photographic officer with the U.S. Navy (USN) OpWml parties which obtained air and ground photos of this area in January 1948.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Ford 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
Ford Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Ford Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.