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