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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 14829

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 68° 12' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 067° 06' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.2

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.1

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956

Description (see definition): Low rock 0.5 mi W of the W tip of Neny Island and 0.2 mi SE of Runaway Island, lying in Marguerite Bay off the W coast of Graham Land. First roughly charted in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. It was surveyed in 1947 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who so named it because of the noise of the surf breaking.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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