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Feature Name (see definition): Withem Island Feature Class (see definition): Island Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 16739 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 62° 14' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 059° 09' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.2333333 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -59.15 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965 Description (see definition): Island lying off the NW side of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1961 after Nicholas Withem Master of the American sealing vessel Governor Brooks from Salem, MA, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21. Originally proposed and approved as "Withen Island," the name was amended in 1990 to agree with the correct spelling of the personal name. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Withem 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 Withem Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Withem Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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