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

Feature Class (see definition): Bay

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 6904

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 63° 59' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 058° 16' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.9833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -58.2666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963

Description (see definition): A bay on the W coast of James Ross Island, entered between Matkah and Kotick Points. Probably first seen by Nordenskjold in 1903. Surveyed by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1945 The name arose during a subsequent visit by a Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) party in 1952, when a large number of young seals was observed near the mouth of the bay. The holluschickie were the young seals in Rudyard Kipling's story "The White Seal" in the Jungle Book.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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