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

Feature Class (see definition): Bay

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 5703

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 65° 08' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 064° 00' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.1333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1950

Description (see definition): Bay 2 mi long and 1 mi wide, indenting the W coast of Graham Land between Cape Cloos and Mount Scott. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE), 1897-99. Named by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE), 1903-05, under Charcot, for Jules Girard of the Paris Societe de Geographie.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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