Name details

Brookman Point

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 122972

Feature type: Point (8)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The snow-covered NW point of Grant Island, lying off the coast of Marie Byrd Land and Getz Ice Shelf. Discovered and first charted from the USS Glacier (Capt. Edwin A. McDonald, USN) in February 1962. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Peter J. Brookman, CEC, USN, Officer-in-Charge at Byrd Station, 1970.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

74° 19' 00.0" S

-74.31667°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

131° 51' 00.0" W

-131.85000°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

Not recorded

Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Unknown

Source Identifier:

Source Scale:

Unknown

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Unknown

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Unknown

Date approved:

1-Jan-1974

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