Name details

Kotick Point

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109661

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

S entrance point of Holluschickie Bay, James Ross Island, was probably sighted by SwAE in October 1903 (Nordenskjöld and others, 1905, map facing p.316); following survey by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in December 1945, named in association with the bay and with Matkah Point after Kotick, the white seal in Kipling's The jungle book (APC, 1958, p.5; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974). Punta Kotick (Malagnino and others, 1978, map p.491). Cabo Kotick (Argentina. DNA, 1978, map).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
63° 59' 32.0" S
-63.99222°
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Longitude:
58° 19' 05.0" W
-58.31806°
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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 Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
4-Sep-1957

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