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.