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

Feature Class (see definition): Bar

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 6671

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 65° 11' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 064° 11' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.1833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.1833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1971

Description (see definition): Reef 1 mi SW of Petermann Island, lying on the N side of French Passage in the Wilhelm Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE) under Charcot, 1908-10. So named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 because this reef heralds the approach to French Passage from the east.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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