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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 11759

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 68° 43' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 067° 33' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.7166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.55

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956

Description (see definition): Rock lying close off the SW side of Alamode Island at the S extremity of the Terra Firma Islands, off the W coast of Graham Land. The Terra Firma Islands were first visited and surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. This rock was surveyed in 1948 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who so named it because of its size.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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