Name details

Minerva Point

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 140216

Feature type: Point

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

Rocky Point on the SE side of Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island, 3 km NE of Binn Peak.

Named For

Minerva, a sealer from London that visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820-21, in association with Binn Peak (Captain T. Binn, Master) and following the theme of names related to Nineteenth-century sealing in the area.

Location

Latitude:
62° 42' 06.0" S
-62.70167°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
60° 22' 53.0" W
-60.38139°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
USGS Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica and SCAR Antarctic Digital Database in UK APC GIS; BAS aerial photography 2013, 30 m resolution; photography 12 cm resolution
Source Identifier:
https://apc.antarctica.ac.uk/
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
British Antarctic Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
8-Nov-2018

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