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

Feature Class (see definition): Bay

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 16853

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 63° 34' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 056° 39' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.5666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -56.65

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1964

Description (see definition): A passage 1 mi wide and 4 mi long, usually ice bound, linking Fridtjof Sound and Antarctic Sound between Jonassen Island and Andersson Island, off Trinity Peninsula. Named by Argentina for Lieutenant Jorge Yalour, who accompanied the Uruguay relief expedition of 1903.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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