Feature Name (see definition): Highjump Archipelago

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 6770

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 05' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 101° 00' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.0833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 101

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1955

Description (see definition): Group of rocky islands, rocks and ice rises about 50 mi long and from 5 to 15 mi wide, lying generally N of the Bunger Hills and extending from the Taylor Islands, close NW of Cape Hordern, to a prominent group of ice rises which terminate close W of Cape Elliott. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp 1946-47 and so named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN). The codeword "highjump" was used for identifying the U.S. Navy Task Force 68, 1946-47. This task force was divided into three groups which completed photographic flights covering approximately 70 per cent of the coastal areas of Antarctica, excluding Antarctic Peninsula, as well as significant portions of the interior.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data