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

Feature Class (see definition): Harbor

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 8684

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 54° 08' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 036° 41' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -54.1333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -36.6833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1953

Description (see definition): The northernmost of three harbors in the W side of Stromness Bay, South Georgia. Named in about 1912 by Salvesen and Co., whalers of Leith, Scotland, operators of the whaling station at the head of the harbor.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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