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

Feature Class (see definition): Flat

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 10060

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 60° 42' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 045° 36' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -60.7

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -45.6

Elevation (see definition): No data

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

Description (see definition): Small partially enclosed tidal area in the inner, northwestern corner of Borge Bay, Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Its E limit is formed by the Thule Islands; its N and W limits by Signy Island. The tidal area dries at low water. Roughly surveyed in 1933 by DI personnel. Resurveyed in 1947 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and so named by them because elephant seals the moulting period.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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