Feature Name (see definition): Puffball Islands

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 12166

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 69° 02' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 068° 30' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -69.0333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.5

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1955

Description (see definition): Scattered group of small, low, mainly ice-covered islands and rocks which extend about 10 mi in a NE-SW direction, lying in southern Marguerite Bay off the W coast of Antarctic Peninsula. The center of the group lies 23 mi NNE of Cape Jeremy. First visited and surveyed in 1948 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). The name, applied by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), derives from association with Mushroom Island which lies 14 mi NE of this group.

Date Created (see definition): No data

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