Name details

Polar Bear Point

Polar Bear Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Polar Bear Point  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 134183

Feature type: Point (8)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

An ice-covered point 2.4km southeast of Castle Rock on the east side of Hut Point Peninsula. Ross Island. Sheppard Crater with a notable breach crater stands at the base on the point, but no rock is exposed on the point which is well defined and elevated at the juncture with McMurdo Ice Shelf. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF13

Named For

The name is allusive when viewed from the west, the appearance of the point is suggestive of the head, neck, and fore part of an Arctic polar bear. Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), 2000.

Location

Latitude:
77° 48' 57.3" S
-77.81593°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
166° 51' 05.0" E
166.85139°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
24 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
McMurdo Dry Valleys LiDAR 2014-15
Source Identifier:
NCALM_DV_LiDAR_McMurdoStation_1m
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
20-Feb-2001

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