Andrews Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Andrews Point (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Point
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
N point of Parker Peninsula, Anvers Island, was charted by DI in 1927 and named probably after Andrew Nicol Porteous (decd), Second Engineer, Discovery, 1925-27, and Discovery II, 1929-37; Chief Engineer, Discovery II, 1937-39 (BA chart 3213, 14.i.1929; APC, 1955, p.4). Punta Andrés (Chile. DNH chart 510, 1947). Punta Andrews (Argentina. MM chart 106, 1949; Pierrou, 1970, p.166; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.28). [Andrews Rocks, South Georgia, are also named after A.N. Porteous (Hattersley-Smith, 1980b, p.17).]
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