This page presents the geographical name data for Saffery Islands 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): Saffery Islands
Feature Class (see definition): Island
Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID (see definition): 13153
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
66° 04' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
065° 49' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.0666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.8166667
Elevation (see definition): No data
Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1971
Description (see definition): Group of islands extending W from Black Head, off the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for J.H. Saffery, Deputy Leader and Flying Manager of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) which photographed part of the area in 1955-57.
Date Created (see definition): No data
Date Edited (see definition): No data