This page presents the geographical name data for
Ifo Island 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):
Ifo Island
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
7261
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
66° 38' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
139° 44' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-66.6333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
139.7333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1956
Description
(see definition):
Low rocky island 0.2 mi SE of Helene Island at the W end of Geologie Archipelago. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47. Charted and named by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE) under Liotard, 1949-51. Ifo is the phonetic spelling of "il faut," a much-used expression by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE) meaning "one (you) must."
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Ifo Island 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
Ifo Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Ifo Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.