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Feature Name (see definition): Carney Island Feature Class (see definition): Island Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 2457 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 73° 57' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 121° 00' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -73.95 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -121 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1967 Description (see definition): An ice-covered island, 70 mi long, with all but its N coast lying within Getz Ice Shelf, located between Siple Island and Wright Island along the coast of Marie Byrd Land. First delineated (except for its S part) from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp in January 1947. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Admiral R.B. Carney, U.S. Navy (USN) (Ret.), Chief of Naval Operations during organization of Operation Deep Freeze support for the IGY of 1957-58. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Carney 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 Carney Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Carney Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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