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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 5457

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 24' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 062° 51' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.4

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.85

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1952

Description (see definition): Ice-covered island, 3 mi long and 1.5 mi wide, lying at the N end of Schollaert Channel, between Anvers and Brabant Islands in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE), 1897-99, and named by Gerlache after Gand, the French form of Ghent, a city in Belgium where subscription drives were held to help finance the expedition.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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