This page presents the geographical name data for
Longing Peninsula 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):
Longing Peninsula
Feature Class
(see definition):
Cape
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
8999
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
64° 30' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
058° 50' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-64.5
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-58.8333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
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No data
Description
(see definition):
A peninsula 9 mi long terminating in Cape Longing, situated at the NE end of Nordenskjold Coast where it separates Larsen Ice Shelf from Prince Gustav Ice Shelf. Discovered and roughly charted by Otto Nordenskjold, leader of Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE), 1901-04, who named Cape Longing. Named after the cape by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) following British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geological work in the area, 1987-88.
Date Created
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No data
Date Edited
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No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Longing Peninsula 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
Longing Peninsula information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Longing Peninsula should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.