Name details

Lenton Point

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109798

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

NE side of Clowes Bay, Signy Island, was surveyed by FIDS in 1947 and named after Ralph Anthony Lenton (1923-86), FIDS radio operator, Signy, 1947-48, who assisted with the survey and biological work; radio operator, "Admiralty Bay", 1948-50; Base Leader, "Deception Island", 1951-52, "Port Lockroy", 1952-53, Faraday, 1954-55; with TAE as Deputy-Leader of the advance party, "Shackleton", 1955-56, and as station carpenter and as radio operator on the trans-polar journey, 1956-58 (APC, 1955, p.13; Matthews and Maling, 1967, map; DOS 210 Signy Island sheet, 1-DOS 1973).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
60° 43' 55.0" S
-60.73194°
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Longitude:
45° 36' 17.0" W
-45.60472°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Mar-1955

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