Name details

Birthday Point

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 112801

Feature type: Point (8)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

The acute and northwesternmost point of a bare, precipitous promontory forming the eastern boundary of Pressure Bay in northern Victoria Land.

Named For

Charted in 1911 by the Northern Party, led by Campbell, of the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova expedition, BrAE), 1910-13. The feature appears to be named for the birth of a Weddell Seal on 12 October while the party was encamped at the feature. This was considered to signify the beginning of the summer. The feature was named Cape Woodbar in text.

Location

Latitude:
71° 26' 00.9" S
-71.43359°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
169° 24' 39.3" E
169.41093°
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Altitude:
21 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 11_34 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-Jan-1958

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