This page presents the geographical name data for
Urchin 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):
Urchin Rock
Feature Class
(see definition):
Island
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
15798
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
65° 19' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
064° 16' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-65.3166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-64.2666667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1971
Description
(see definition):
Rock, over which the sea breaks, lying 2.3 mi W of the largest of the Berthelot Islands, off the W coast of Graham Land. First shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. So named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 because the rock is a hazard on the edge of Grandidier Channel; an urchin is a roguish or mischievous boy.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Urchin 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
Urchin Rock information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Urchin Rock should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.