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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 5219

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 38' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 139° 50' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.6333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 139.8333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1955

Description (see definition): Small group of rocky islands and rocks in the W portion of Geologie Archipelago, 2 mi NNW of Cape Geodesie. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE), 1949-51, and named by them for the Norwegian polar ship Amundsen in the Antarctic.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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