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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 5731

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 12' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 110° 23' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.2

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 110.3833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1960

Description (see definition): Small island which marks the SW extremity of Donovan Islands in Vincennes Bay. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47, and observed in 1957 by Wilkes Station personnel under C.R. Eklund. Named by Eklund for Ralph Glasgal, auroral scientist with the US-IGY wintering party of 1957 at Wilkes Station.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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