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Feature Name (see definition): Giffard Cove Feature Class (see definition): Bay Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 5667 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 37' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 061° 42' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.6166667 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -61.7 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965 Description (see definition): Cove 1 mi wide in the W side of Charlotte Bay, along the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Henri Giffard (1825-1882), French engineer who constructed and flew the first truly navigable balloon (dirigible airship), in 1852. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Giffard Cove 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 Giffard Cove information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Giffard Cove should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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