This page presents the geographical name data for
Forrester 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):
Forrester Island
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
5145
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
74° 09' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
132° 13' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-74.15
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-132.2166667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1962
Description
(see definition):
An ice-capped island 3.5 mi long that lies 13 mi NNE of Shepard Island, off the Getz Ice Shelf of Marie Byrd Land. The island was discovered and charted from the USS Glacier on Feb. 5, 1962. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lieutenant Commander John J. Forrester, U.S. Navy (USN), Executive Officer aboard Glacier at the time of discovery.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Forrester 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
Forrester Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Forrester Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.