|
|
|
|
|
This page presents the geographical name data for
Plog 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):
Plog Island
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
11883
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
68° 32' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
078° 00' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-68.5333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
78
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1965
Description
(see definition):
An island 1 mi long in Prydz Bay, lying 0.5 mi N of Lake Island and 0.5 mi W of Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and named "Plogoy" (plow island), as being descriptive of the island's shape.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Plog 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
Plog Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Plog Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
- Please bookmark this page (add it to your favorites).
- If you wish to link to this page, you can do so by referring to the URL address below this line.
https://geographic.org/geographic_names/antname.php?uni=11883&fid=antgeo_118
Copyright © 1995-2024 ITA all rights reserved.
|
|
Antarctica names alphabetically
A * B * C * D * E * F * G * H * I * J * K * L * M * N * O * P * Q * R * S * T * U * V * W * X * Y * Z
Global names alphabetically
|
. . . Feedback
|