Name details

Triton Point

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111656

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

between the terminuses of Venus Glacier and Neptune Glacier, George VI Sound, E Alexander Island, was photographed from the air by Ellsworth, 23 November 1935, and roughly surveyed from the ground by BGLE in November 1936 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1949 and, in association with the glacier, named after Triton, a satellite of Neptune (APC, 1955, p.21; USHO chart 6638, 1956; DOS 610 sheet W 71 68, 1960).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
71° 41' 00.0" S
-71.68333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
68° 13' 00.0" W
-68.21667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
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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