This page presents the geographical name data for Tickle Channel 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): Tickle Channel
Feature Class (see definition): Channel
Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID (see definition): 15289
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
67° 06' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
067° 43' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.1
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.7166667
Elevation (see definition): No data
Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956
Description (see definition): Narrow channel in the S part of Hanusse Bay, from 1 to 3 mi wide and 5 mi long, extending northward from The Gullet and separating Hansen Island from the E extremity of Adelaide Island. First seen from the air by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) on a flight in February 1936. Surveyed from the ground in 1948 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who applied this descriptive name. In Newfoundland and Labrador a tickle is a narrow water passage as between two islands.
Date Created (see definition): No data
Date Edited (see definition): No data