Name details

Inott Point

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109468

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.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

NNE of Edinburgh Hill, Livingston Island, was roughly charted by Ferguson in 1913 (Ferguson, 1921, p.44) and further charted by DI in 1935; called Cerro Ebimburgo, in error (Edinburgh Hill, q.v.) (Argentina. MM chart ZZ, 1948), Piedra Neves, probably after a member of AAE (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.222) or Punta de Toba [=tophus point] (Cordini, 1955, p.164); photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS, 1957-59; in association with the names of nineteenth-century sealers in this area, named after Capt. Robert Inott, Master of the American sealing ship Samuel (Samuel Peak, q.v.) from Nantucket, who visited the South Shetland Islands, 1820-21 (APC, 1962, p.17; DOS 610 sheet W 62 60, 1968). Punta Segunda [=second point] (in relation to Edinburgh Hill)] (Argentina. MM, NM 141/15.ix.1964).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 31' 31.2" S
-62.52533°
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Longitude:
60° 00' 20.0" W
-60.00556°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Aug-1962

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