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Feature Name (see definition): Midas Island Feature Class (see definition): Island Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 9927 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 10' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 061° 07' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.1666667 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -61.1166667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965 Description (see definition): Island lying NW of Apendice Island in Hughes Bay, off the W coast of Graham Land. First seen by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Gerlache in 1898 and described as an island with two summits "like the ears of an ass." The name, given by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960, derives from this description; Midas, King of Phrygia, was represented in Greek satyric drama with the ears of an ass. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Midas 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 Midas Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Midas Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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