Name details

Spit Point

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111336

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

E entrance point of Yankee Harbour (q.v.), Greenwich Island, was known to sealers from 1820; charted by DI, 1934-35, and named descriptively (Nelson and others, chart, 1935d; BA, 1942, p.43; chart 1774, 9.vii.1948; APC, 1955, p.20; BA chart 1774, 14.ix.1962). Punta Spit (Argentina. MM chart 104, 1949; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.267). Punta Lengua [=tongue point], so called descriptively by AAE (Argentina. MM chart SS, 1953; Pierrou, 1970, p.478). Punta Banco (Argentina. MM chart ALFA, 1954). Pointe Spit (France. SHM, 1954, p.45). Punta Varas, referring to the bluff at the base of the spit after Tte 1° Armando Varas Espejo, surgeon aboard the transport ship Angamos on CAE, 1948-49 (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.103; IHA, 1974, p.290).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 31' 33.2" S
-62.52589°
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Longitude:
59° 47' 17.5" W
-59.78819°
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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:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

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