Name details

Penguin Point

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110563

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

SE coast of Seymour Island, was possibly sighted by Ross in 1843 (Ross, 1847a, p.343); roughly charted by Larsen in November 1893 (Larsen, 1894b, p.333) and called Cap Seymour, in association with the island (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304); surveyed by SwAE in January 1902 and named Pinguinenkap because of a large penguin rookery found there (Pinguinbucht, q.v.) (Nordenskjöld, 1911b, Karte 3); surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in 1946 and 1952. Penguin Point (APC, 1955, p.17; DOS 610 sheet W 64 56, 1961). Penguinenkap [sic], as rejected form (USBGN, 1956, p.239).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 18' 26.0" S
-64.30722°
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Longitude:
56° 42' 30.0" W
-56.70833°
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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:
21-Nov-1949

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