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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 7556

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 67° 35' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 062° 53' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.5833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 62.8833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965

Description (see definition): Group of islands lying between Flat Islands and Rouse Islands in the E part of Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Meholmane (the middle islands). Renamed in 1960 by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) for Jocelyn Terry, who for a number of years broadcast news and messages to Antarctica from Radio Australia.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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