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

Feature Class (see definition): Stream

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 598

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 73° 38' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 124° 39' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -73.6333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -124.65

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1967

Description (see definition): Ice-filled inlet indenting the N side of Siple Island just W of Armour Peninsula, along the coast of Marie Byrd Land. The inlet was first roughly delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp in January 1947. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for the Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, which donated funds to the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41, for purchase of the Snow Cruiser.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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