This page presents the geographical name data for Samuel 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): Samuel Islands
Feature Class (see definition): Island
Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID (see definition): 13211
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
54° 11' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
037° 37' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -54.1833333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -37.6166667
Elevation (see definition): No data
Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963
Description (see definition): Group of small islands and rocks lying close to the S coast of South Georgia, 1 mi WSW of Nilse Hullet and 2 mi ESE of Klutschak Point. Surveyed by the South Georgia Survey (SGS) in the period 1951-57. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after the catcher Don Samuel, built in 1925 and later owned by the Compania Argentina de Pesca, Grytviken, which sank in the vicinity of these islands in 1951.
Date Created (see definition): No data
Date Edited (see definition): No data