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This page presents the geographical name data for
Kappa 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):
Kappa Island
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
7757
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
64° 19' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
063° 00' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-64.3166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-63
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1956
Description
(see definition):
Island, nearly 0.5 mi long, lying immediately S of Beta Island and close E of Theta Islands in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. The name, derived from the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, probably was given by DI personnel who roughly surveyed the island in 1927. The island was resurveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Kappa 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
Kappa Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Kappa Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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