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

Feature Class (see definition): Island

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 5000

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 53° 02' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 072° 36' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -53.0333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 72.6

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1957

Description (see definition): An island 0.1 mi long, lying 0.1 mi N of McDonald Island, in the McDonald Islands. The feature appears to have been first shown on an 1874 chart by the British expedition under Nares in the Challenger. It was surveyed and given this descriptive name by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) in 1948.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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