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Feature Name (see definition): Wood Island Feature Class (see definition): Island Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 16771 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 62° 29' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 060° 19' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.4833333 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -60.3166667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1960 Description (see definition): Island lying SE of Desolation Island in the South Shetland Islands. First charted in 1820-21 by Robert Fildes. Fildes gave the name Wood Harbour or Port Wood to the nearby harbor of Desolation Island in December 1820. Later in that season, however, Fildes changed the name of the harbor to Blythe Bay, which has since become established. Wood Island was applied by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 and derives from Fildes' original naming. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Wood 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 Wood Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Wood Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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