This page presents the geographical name data for Langhofer 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): Langhofer Island
Feature Class (see definition): Island
Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID (see definition): 8462
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
72° 32' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
093° 02' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.5333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -93.0333333
Elevation (see definition): No data
Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1968
Description (see definition): A small ice-covered island with a rock outcrop near the S end, lying at the N edge of Abbot Ice Shelf and 0.5 mi E of McNamara Island. The USS Glacier lay close off the island, Feb. 11, 1961, and geological and botanical collections were made at the outcrop. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Joel H. Langhofer, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographic engineer aboard the Glacier who positioned geographical features in this area.
Date Created (see definition): No data
Date Edited (see definition): No data