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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 65° 51' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 053° 40' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.85

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 53.6666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1947

Description (see definition): Group of small islands lying close W of Proclamation Island and Cape Batterbee. Discovered in January 1930 by British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson and named for Bjarne Aagaard.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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