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This page presents the geographical name data for Melchior Harbor 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): Melchior Harbor
Feature Class (see definition): Harbor
Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID (see definition): 9824
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 19' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 062° 59' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.3166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.9833333
Elevation (see definition): No data
Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956
Description (see definition): Small harbor in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago, formed by the semi-circular arrangement of Delta, Alpha, Beta, Kappa and Gamma Islands. The name, derived from the name of the island group, was probably given by DI personnel who roughly surveyed the harbor in 1927. The harbor was surveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948.
Date Created (see definition): No data
Date Edited (see definition): No data
NOTE: The information regarding Melchior Harbor 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 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Melchior Harbor should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

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