This page presents the geographical name data for
Possession Island in
Namibia, 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
Full Name
(see definition):
Possession Island
Primary Country Code
(see definition):
WA (Namibia)
First-order administrative division code
(see definition):
31 (Karas )
Region Font Code
(see definition):
3 (Africa/Middle East)
Unique Feature Identifier
(see definition):
-2585852
Unique Name Identifier
(see definition):
349585
Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-27
Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
15.2
Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
27° 00' 00" S
Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
15° 12' 00" E
Military Grid Reference System coordinates
(see definition):
33JWL1984313549
Joint Operations Graphic reference
(see definition):
SG33-11
Feature Classification
(see definition):
T (Hypsographic type featuree)
Feature Designation Code
(see definition):
RK (rock)
Populated Place Classification
(see definition):
No data
Second-order administrative division code
(see definition):
No data
Population Figures
(see definition):
No data
Elevations
(see definition):
No data
Secondary Country Code
(see definition):
No data
Name Type
(see definition):
N (BGN Standard name)
Language Code
(see definition):
No data
Substitute for full name
(see definition):
No data
Descriptive part of the full name
(see definition):
No data
A form of the full name that allows for alphabetical sorting of the file into gazetteer sequence
(see definition):
POSSESSIONISLAND
Full Name with QWERTY characters
(see definition):
Possession Island
Modify Date
(see definition):
1997-07-25
NOTE: The information regarding
Possession Island in
Namibia on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the United States of America, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of
Possession Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Possession Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.