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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 13196

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 01' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 065° 28' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.0166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.4666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1971

Description (see definition): The westernmost of the Fish Islands, lying off the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. So named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 because it is one of the Fish Islands.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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